Inkinga eneminyaka yobudala - indlela yokuba isibindi eside - ivela emadodeni omlando weBhayibheli. I-Gerontologists izama ukucabangela noma yiziphi izici ezandisa isikhathi somuntu. Futhi indawo ebalulekile njengamanje emibonweni yabo ingxabano, ngubani ozophila isikhathi eside - othembekile noma owethembayo?
Akukaze kube yilapho sekukholelwa ukuthi kuphela othembekile ngenkolelo yakhe ekusasa elikhanyayo kunamathuba amaningi okunciphisa kokubili izifo ezinzima kanye nezinye "ezithokozayo" eziza ekugugeni. Kodwa ucwaningo lwezibalo olwenziwe ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zophando aluphikisi lesi sikhundla.
I-American Psychological Association yanyathelisa imiphumela yokuhlaziywa kwedatha eqoqwe kusukela ngo-1993 kuya ku-2003 ngamaqembu amathathu ezigaba ezilandelayo: kusukela eminyakeni engu-18 kuya kwezingu-39, kusukela eminyakeni engu-40 kuya kwengama-64 nangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-65. Abacwaningi bacela abahlanganyeli ukuba bahlole ukuthi baneliseke kangakanani ngokuphila kwabo okwamanje futhi babikezele izinga labo lokwaneliseka ngokuphila kwabo eminyakeni emihlanu. Futhi eminyakeni emihlanu kamuva baphenywa ngokuphindaphindiwe futhi beqhathaniswa nezibikezelo eminyakeni emihlanu edlule. Kuphelele, abantu abangaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingamashumi amane baxoxwa.
Imiphumela yeqembu elidala - iminyaka engama-65 noma ngaphezulu, yamangala. Amaphesenti angu-25 abaphendulile abonise ukuthi amathemba abo cishe, amaphesenti angama-43 ayengaphakamise ikusasa lawo, kanti amaphesenti angu-32 - aphikisiwe. Ngakho-ke, phakathi kwabantu abaneminyaka engu-5 ubudala abalinde iminyaka emihlanu ukuze bajabulele impilo yabo, 9.5% babenokulimala kwempilo, futhi njengoba kuboniswe ngokuqhubekayo, ingozi yokufa noma yokukhubazeka eminyakeni eyishumi ezayo yanda ngo-10% uma kuqhathaniswa nezinye abahlanganyeli eqenjini labo lobudala.
Inhloko yocwaningo ikholelwa ukuthi lokhu kuyaqondakala, ngoba izakhamuzi ezingathembeki zihlale zilindeleke ekupheleni kwendlela ethile yokungcola futhi zilungele noma yini. Benza ukuphila okunempilo kunabo ontanga, abanethemba, banakekele ngokuphepha emsebenzini nasemakhaya. Lokhu akukwazi ukuphikisana, ngoba ukungabi nalutho - lokhu akusilo isikhalazo esingapheli ngokuphila, kodwa isimo sengqondo sokungabaza kunoma yini. Amathemba angaqinisekisiwe akwazi ukushaya phansi abantu abasha, futhi, yini engashiwo ngabantu asebekhulile lapho. Futhi umuntu angakhumbuli kanjani i-anecdote mayelana nomJuda omdala ongazange aziqhayise ngemibuzo mayelana nezindaba zakhe nempilo, kodwa waphendula ngokuthobeka: "Ungalindi!".
Abacwaningi baphinde bathi abadala asebekhulile banengozi enkulu yokulimala, futhi ngenxa yalokho, ukukhubazeka. Lokhu kuqondakala futhi: abantu abanomcebo abafuni ukubekezelela iminyaka edlule bese bazama ukuhlala ngokuningi. Khona-ke wena nokuhamba ngokweqile, nokuqina, futhi njengoba bekusho, "izinwele ezimhlophe esileni, idemoni emgqeni." Okuholela ekulimaweni okuhlukene nezinkinga zempilo ezingalindelekile.