Wolemba: Anna Harper-Guerrero

Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti Wotsogola & Chief Strategy Officer

ma hook a belu adati, "Koma chikondi ndichinthu chothandizira. Ndi zomwe timachita, osati zomwe timamva. Ndi verebu, osati dzina. ”

Pamene Mwezi Wodziwitsa Zachiwawa Pabanja ukuyamba, ndikuganizira ndi kuthokoza chikondi chomwe tidakwanitsa kuchitapo kanthu kwa omwe adachitiridwa nkhanza zapabanja komanso anthu am'deralo panthawi ya mliriwu. Nthawi yovutayi yakhala mphunzitsi wanga wamkulu pazokhudza chikondi. Ndawona chikondi chathu mdera lathu kudzera pakudzipereka kwathu pakuwonetsetsa kuti ntchito ndi chithandizo zikupezekabe kwa anthu komanso mabanja omwe akukumana ndi nkhanza m'banja.

Si chinsinsi kuti Emerge amapangidwa ndi anthu amderali, ambiri mwa iwo omwe adakumana ndi zopweteketsa mtima, omwe amawonetsa tsiku lililonse ndikupereka mtima wawo kwa opulumuka. Izi mosakayikira ndizowona kwa gulu la ogwira ntchito omwe amapereka ntchito kudera lonse-malo ogona mwadzidzidzi, hotline, ntchito zamabanja, ntchito zachitukuko, ntchito zanyumba, ndi pulogalamu yathu yophunzitsira amuna. Ndizowona kwa aliyense amene amathandizira ntchito zachindunji kwa opulumuka kudzera muntchito zachilengedwe, chitukuko, ndi magulu oyang'anira. Ndizowona makamaka munjira zomwe tonse tinkakhala, momwe tidapilira, komanso kuchita zonse zomwe tingathe kuti tithandizire nawo mliriwu.

Zikuwoneka kuti tangokhala usiku umodzi, tidakopeka ndikukhala osakhazikika, osokonezeka, amantha, achisoni komanso opanda chitsogozo. Tidasanthula zonse zomwe zidadzaza dera lathu ndikupanga mfundo zomwe zimayesetsa kuyika patsogolo thanzi ndi chitetezo cha anthu pafupifupi 6000 omwe timawatumikira chaka chilichonse. Kunena zowona, sitife ogwira ntchito zachipatala omwe apatsidwa ntchito yosamalira odwala. Komabe timatumikira mabanja komanso anthu omwe ali pachiwopsezo tsiku lililonse zoopsa ndipo nthawi zina amafa.

Ndi mliriwu, chiopsezo chomwecho chidangokulira. Njira zomwe opulumuka amadalira kuti atithandizire: kutithandizira, makhothi, mayankho okakamiza. Zotsatira zake, ambiri mwa omwe ali pachiwopsezo mdera lathu adasowa mumthunzi. Ngakhale ambiri ammudzi anali kunyumba, anthu ambiri anali kukhala m'malo otetezeka komwe analibe zomwe amafunikira kuti apulumuke. Kutseka kumeneku kunachepetsa kuthekera kwa anthu omwe amachitiridwa nkhanza m'mabanja kuti alandire chithandizo pafoni chifukwa anali m'nyumba ndi mnzawoyo. Ana analibe mwayi wopeza sukulu kuti akhale ndi munthu woti azilankhula naye. Nyumba zogona Tucson zidatsika mphamvu zobweretsa anthu. Tidawona zovuta zamitundu yodzipatula, kuphatikiza kufunika kwa mautumiki ndi miyezo yayikulu yakupha.

Emerge anali kudandaula chifukwa chakukhudzidwa ndikuyesera kulumikizana mosamala ndi anthu omwe amakhala m'mayanjano owopsa. Tinasamutsa malo athu azadzidzidzi usiku umodzi kupita kumalo osakhala achikhalidwe. Komabe, ogwira nawo ntchito komanso omwe akutenga nawo mbali akuti adakumana ndi COVID tsiku lililonse, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti azitha kulumikizana, kuchepetsa kuchuluka kwa anthu ogwira ntchito omwe alibe malo ambiri, komanso ogwira ntchito mosungulumwa. Pakati pa zovuta izi, chinthu chimodzi sichinasinthe - kukonda gulu lathu ndikudzipereka kwathunthu kwa iwo omwe akufuna chitetezo. Chikondi ndichinthu.

Pomwe dziko limawoneka kuti likuyimira, dziko komanso anthu ammudzi adapumira m'zochitika zachiwawa zomwe zakhala zikuchitika m'mibadwo yambiri. Chiwawa ichi chilinso mdera lathu, ndipo chasintha zomwe gulu lathu komanso anthu omwe timatumikira adakumana nazo. Bungwe lathu linayesa kudziwa momwe angathanirane ndi mliriwu ndikupanganso malo ndikuyamba ntchito yochiritsa kuchokera kuchitidwe chankhanza chosankhana mitundu. Tipitilizabe kulimbikira kumasulidwa ku tsankho lomwe lili paliponse. Chikondi ndichinthu.

Mtima wa gulu unkapitirizabe kugunda. Tidatenga mafoni kuti tiwalowetse m'nyumba za anthu kuti foniyo ipitirire kugwira ntchito. Ogwira ntchito nthawi yomweyo adayamba kuchititsa misonkhano kuchokera kunyumba patelefoni komanso pa Zoom. Ogwira ntchito adathandizira magulu othandizira pa Zoom. Ogwira ntchito ambiri akupitilizabe kukhala muofesi ndipo akhala akupezeka kwakanthawi komanso kupitiriza kwa mliriwu. Ogwira ntchito amatenga mashifiti owonjezera, agwira ntchito maola ochulukirapo, ndipo akhala akugwira ntchito zingapo. Anthu amabwera ndikutuluka. Ena adadwala. Ena anataya achibale awo apamtima. Tonse pamodzi tapitilizabe kuwonetsa ndikupereka mitima yathu mdera lino. Chikondi ndichinthu.

Nthawi ina, gulu lonse lomwe limapereka chithandizo chadzidzidzi limayenera kukhala lokha chifukwa chodziwika ndi COVID. Magulu ochokera kumadera ena a bungweli (oyang'anira, othandizira othandizira, othandizira ndalama) adasainira kuti apereke chakudya kwa mabanja omwe akukhala m'malo achitetezowa. Ogwira ntchito kudera lonselo adabweretsa pepala la chimbudzi pomwe adapeza kuti likupezeka m'deralo. Tinakonza nthawi yoti anthu azibwera kumaofesi omwe adatsekedwa kuti anthu azitenga mabokosi azakudya ndi zinthu zaukhondo. Chikondi ndichinthu.

Chaka chimodzi pambuyo pake, aliyense watopa, watopa, ndipo akumva kuwawa. Komabe, mitima yathu imagunda ndipo tawonetsa kuti timapereka chikondi ndi chithandizo kwa opulumuka omwe alibe kwina kulikonse. Chikondi ndichinthu.

Chaka chino pamwezi wodziwitsa za nkhanza zapakhomo, tikusankha kukweza ndikulemekeza nkhani za ambiri ogwira ntchito ku Emerge omwe adathandizira bungweli kuti ligwire ntchito kuti opulumuka akhale ndi malo omwe thandizo lingachitike. Timawalemekeza, nkhani zawo zowawa panthawi yakudwala ndi kutayika, kuwopa kwawo zomwe zikubwera mdera lathu-ndipo tikuthokoza kwamuyaya pamitima yawo yokongola.

Tiyeni tidzikumbutse chaka chino, m'mwezi uno, kuti chikondi ndichinthu. Tsiku lililonse pachaka, chikondi ndichinthu.