{"id":3120176,"date":"2016-03-01T04:05:45","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T09:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/upendo-hata-kwangu\/"},"modified":"2016-03-01T04:05:45","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T09:05:45","slug":"upendo-hata-kwangu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/upendo-hata-kwangu\/","title":{"rendered":"Upendo\u2014Hata Kwangu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Siku zote <span class=\"dropcap\">nimekuwa<\/span><!--\/.dropcap--> na wakati mgumu sana kujipenda. Wengi wetu hufanya. Nina unyogovu mkubwa, kwa hivyo na ukosefu wangu wa upendo kwangu huimarisha kila mmoja. Mara nyingi sijipendi. Ushawishi katika historia yangu ulinifanya kuamini kuwa kujipenda kunamaanisha kuwa una kiburi au kiburi, na kwamba ikiwa unajipenda jinsi ulivyo sasa, umekata tamaa na hautaweza kujiboresha au kukua. Na kwa hakika iliniongoza kuamini kuwa kuwa mchapakazi ndio njia pekee ya kujikomboa.     <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Na bado, madaktari wengi wa magonjwa ya akili, matabibu, wataalamu wa kujisaidia, na marafiki hutuambia inabidi tuanze kujipenda wenyewe ili kukua na kuwapenda wengine. Hata Biblia inayo, ikitushauri tuwapende jirani zetu kama sisi wenyewe. Siwezi kumtendea jirani hivyo kamwe! Wakati wowote ningejaribu kufunika kichwa changu kuzunguka kujipenda kama kitu kizuri, ningefadhaika na kugundua sikujua jinsi hiyo ingeonekana. Hivi majuzi, wakati wa mkutano wa ibada, ilitokea kwangu kwamba kuna maelezo ya jinsi upendo unavyoonekana. Ninahitaji tu kuitumia kwangu. Kwa hiyo nilibinafsisha ufafanuzi wa upendo unaopatikana katika 1 Wakorintho sura ya 13 ili kufanya iwe wazi kwamba ulinijumuisha mimi pia.      <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo huvumilia mimi mwenyewe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo ni fadhili kwangu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo hauonei wivu\u2014kuwatazama wengine na kujihukumu kuwa sina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo haujisifu\u2014hata kwangu mwenyewe kwa sababu hiyo ni kujikubali kwa kile ninachofanya au ninacho, na si kwa sababu tu nipo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo hauna kiburi na hausikii wakati wengine wana kiburi kwangu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo sio mbaya, hata kwangu mwenyewe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo hautafuti njia yake yenyewe, kwa kuwa hilo mara nyingi huchochewa na kujikubali mimi mwenyewe kwa kile ninachoweza kufanya kifanyike, badala ya kwa sababu nipo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mapenzi hayakasiriki wala hayana kinyongo, hata mimi mwenyewe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo hauzingatii sana makosa yaliyoteseka.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo huzingatia ukweli wangu mwenyewe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo hubeba kila kitu kuhusu mimi kwa upole.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo huamini mambo yote ya kweli kunihusu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo unatumaini ndani yangu.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upendo unadumu ndani yangu.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bado ni changamoto, na labda itakuwa daima. Lakini sasa, ninapoingia mbali sana katika kutojiamini, au hata kujichukia, ninajaribu kurudi na kusoma hili tena. 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