Tsiku Lothokoza: Kutenthetsa Zaka Zazitali Ndi Mtima Woyamikira
Pamene kuwala kwa m'dzinja kumatulutsa masamba a mapulo ndi kununkhira kwa Turkey, Tsiku lakuthokoza limafika monga momwe anakonzera. Kuchokera kumadera a kumpoto kwa America, chikondwererochi tsopano chadutsa malire a malo ndikukhala nthawi yofunikira kuti anthu padziko lonse lapansi asonyeze kutentha. Chiyambi chake sichinakhalepo phwando lalikulu, koma kuwona mtima ndi kutentha komwe kumatengedwa ndi mawu oti "kuthokoza".
Chiyambi cha Thanksgiving chikugwirizana kwambiri ndi kuthandizana. M’zaka za m’ma 1600, anthu othawa kwawo a Puritan analandira thandizo kuchokera kwa Amwenye m’nyengo yozizira kwambiri ndipo kenako anakolola mtolo wawo woyamba wa tirigu. Iwo anabwezera kukoma mtimako ndi phwando lalikulu, ndipo kuyamikira kumeneku pakati pa mafuko kunakhala maziko oyambirira a chikondwererocho. Masiku ano, miyambo ikupitirirabe: mabanja amakhala mozungulira tebulo kuti agawane Turkey ndi chitumbuwa cha dzungu, kukumbukira zopindula ndi zochitika za chaka; ana amajambula makadi a Thanksgiving pamanja kuti atumize zofuna zawo zosalakwa kwa aphunzitsi; Madera amapanga ntchito zoperekera zopereka kuti afalitse chikondi kwa omwe akusowa. Miyambo ya Thanksgiving iyi imatembenuza "kuthokoza" kuchokera kumalingaliro osamveka kukhala zochita zenizeni.
M'moyo wothamanga-othamanga, Kuthokoza kuli ngati "kupumira", kutikumbutsa kusangalala ndi chisangalalo chomwe chilipo pakati pathu. Ikhoza kukhala mbale ya phala lotentha patebulo m’maŵa, kapu ya khofi yoperekedwa ndi mnzako akamagwira ntchito yowonjezereka, kapena nyali yosiyidwa ndi achibale usiku kwambiri{2}}zimenezi n’zofunda zazing’ono zonsezi ndi mphatso zimene tiyenera kuyamikira. Kuyamikira sikuli kuvomereza mwambo, koma kuphatikiza chidziwitso ichi m'moyo wa tsiku ndi tsiku, kuyankha kusamvetsetsana ndi kulolerana, ndi kupereka kutentha mwachifundo.
Patsiku lachiyamikiro limeneli, tiyeni tisiye kutanganidwa, kuitanira anthu amene timawakonda, ndi kunena zikomo kwa amene atithandiza. Lolani kuyamikira kukhala chizolowezi, ndipo mudzapeza kuti kutentha ndi kukongola m'moyo sizinakhalepo.
