Konke kuncike ekukhathazekeni komuntu ngamunye.
Ingcebo yolwazi nemfundo ibusisa bonke labo abathola ukuthi kunesidingo sokwazi ukuthi bakuphi nokuthi yini ebazungezile ngaphandle kwendawo abahlala kuyo, yize behlala beqala ngokuncika kokuziphatha komuntu, okubhekene nokusondela emikhawulweni yomhlaba kude lapho izinzwa nesizathu kungafinyelela khona.
Kepha ukukhishwa inyumbazane kubi kakhulu, ngokungangabazeki. Ukuhlala endaweni efanayo nangaphansi kwe-prism efanayo kuholela ekuhlukaneni. Lokhu kuqhekeka okunzima ngaso sonke isikhathi kumayelana nale ncwadi kaTara Westover, ezimisele ngokuloba umlando wakhe othile kwenye yalezo zincwadi ezigcina ziba yimihlahlandlela ephikisanayo ngenkululeko yeningi nemikhakha eminingi lapho nanamuhla ukuvalwa kusaqhubeka nokuba okuhlukile inkomba ejwayelekile.
Akukho lutho olungcono noma olubi ukwedlula ubaba ukusebenzisa leyo indoctrination ekhuliseni umuntu osesithombeni nasekufaneni kwakhe. Akukho okuphathelene nombono wenkondlo kaCavafis: «Kwakho izingane akuzona ezakho izingane, alo izingane namadodakazi we ukuphila ulangazelela yena»Okufanele kube ngumkhawulo wayo yonke inqubo yezemfundo, kusekela leyo ntando edingekayo yomuntu ngamunye yokusebenzisa inkululeko yakhe.
Iqiniso ngukuthi ubaba kaTara uyisibonelo sobaba wobushiqela esakhiwe emithethweni yamaMormon. Isikhala esivulekile sase-Idaho ngokuyindida siyijele likaTara. Phakathi kwezigodi ezijulile kwakukhona kuphela uTara, ubaba wakhe noNkulunkulu (uma kwakukhona umehluko phakathi kwalezi ezimbili zokugcina).
UTara akukho okunye angakwenza ngaphandle kokuvukela. Futhi kungoTara lapho sithola khona umuntu odalayo njengomuntu wokuqala onentshisekelo yokwephula isikhunta, ngenxa yesidingo somphefumulo. Ngokuthanda kwakhe okungenakuhlulwa, uTara uzimisele ukuthola umhlaba njengomuntu osuka kwenye iplanethi. Ukulahlwa kweminyaka yokuzithoba kumenza abe ngumuntu ongaziwa emhlabeni wakhe lapho, eneminyaka eyishumi nesithupha, eqala ukuveza ikusasa lakhe, angaziqapheli izindlela eziphawulwe yinzalamizi abhekiswe kuyo. Futhi kulapho inzuzo yemfundo efundisayo, ekhanyayo, ebucayi futhi enika amandla lowo muntu, ithola ukukhazimula kokunye ukunqoba okubaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wethu.
Emngceleni wokwesaba okungaziwa futhi enethemba lokuthola indawo yamathalente akhe nezinkanuko zakhe, uhambo lukaTara luba i-visa enhle ebheke enkululekweni.
Manje usungathenga incwadi ethi An Education, Tara Westover's Biographical Novel, lapha: