{"id":3130006,"date":"2020-03-01T02:30:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-01T07:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/utavaa-viatu-vizuri\/"},"modified":"2020-03-01T02:30:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-01T07:30:33","slug":"utavaa-viatu-vizuri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/utavaa-viatu-vizuri\/","title":{"rendered":"Utavaa Viatu Vizuri"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ni<\/span> saa 9:58 asubuhi, na chumba kinatulia dakika chache kabla ya ibada kuanza rasmi ninaposikia:<\/span>
\n bonyeza, bonyeza, bonyeza, bonyeza, bonyeza.<\/span>
\n<\/i>. Ninakaa sawa kidogo na kupepesa macho yangu kuelekea mlangoni, nikingoja kuona ni nani anayeingia kwenye ibada akiwa amevaa visigino. Sauti hiyo\u2014ambayo ni adimu katika anga ya Wa-Quaker\u2014ni muziki masikioni mwangu, na ninasisimka. Familia inapoingia kwenye chumba cha ibada, ninatambua kwamba ni mtoto anayevaa viatu vya bomba ili kuabudu, si mtu anayejivunia mkutano wa Quaker ambao haujatamkwa wa nyumba za ghorofa zenye nguvu. Najihisi mjinga kidogo kwa kufurahishwa na jambo dogo kama hili kabla ya kurudi kwenye msingi wa ibada. <\/span><\/p>\n

Sikulelewa katika mkutano wa Quaker na nikapata Marafiki chuoni baada ya safari kupitia makanisa kadhaa na uzoefu wa ibada. Nilipata nyumba katika teolojia ya imani na desturi iliyorekebishwa ambayo ilifanya muunganisho wa kibinafsi na watakatifu. Nimekua sana kama mtu tangu kushawishika kwangu. Nimesafiri zaidi ndani ya moyo wa haki na kuja kuelewa shuhuda zangu kama maonyesho yenye nguvu, yaliyo hai ya imani. Watu hawa ni watu wangu, na mimi ni wao. Lakini bado nimetengwa na maumivu ya tumbo ambayo ni imani ya kiatu. <\/span><\/p>\n

Unaweza kuuliza: ”Ni imani gani ya kiatu?” \u201cHii inaonekana kama mzaha,\u201d unaweza kuugua. ”Ni watu gani wa Quaker unashiriki nao ikiwa hii itatokea?” unaweza kujiuliza. Ni kweli, Marafiki wapendwa, kwamba tunapenda kuonyesha mavazi yetu ya vitendo kutoka kwa vichwa vyetu hadi vidole vyetu. Quakers huvaa kofia nzuri wakati wa msimu wa baridi na viatu thabiti wakati wa kiangazi. Ni kana kwamba tuko tayari kwa matembezi kwa muda mfupi, au tunaweza kujiunga katika mbio za 5k ikiwa hamu ya kukusanya pesa kwa ajili ya makazi ya wanyama itatukamata tunapotoka nje ya jumba la mikutano Siku ya Kwanza. Sina hakika kwamba inakuja kwa uthibitisho: ”Angalia viatu hivi vipya! Vina uhakika wa kudumu hadi watoto wangu waende kwenye mkutano wao wa arobaini na tano wa chuo kikuu! Wana kila kipengele cha vitendo na hakuna kitu cha kipuuzi kama mapambo au rangi!” Lakini maoni karibu kila mara yanakuja katika hali hasi: ”Hizo ni zisizofaa kama nini! Je, unaweza kukimbia baada ya mtoto? Unaweza kukimbia kuzunguka block? Je, huwezi kugeuza kifundo cha mguu wako kwa kusimama tu? Wanaonekana kuwa wa ajabu.” Wala hatuoni aibu kushiriki maoni kuhusu mitindo inayotuzunguka. <\/span><\/p>\n

Moja ya mielekeo yetu ya Quaker ni kujitolea kwetu kusema ukweli wetu wote wakati wote. Mara nyingi sisi husema zaidi kuliko inavyofaa wakati badala yake tunaweza kuwa na hamu ya kusikiliza na kujifunza kutoka kwa watu wanaofanya chaguo tofauti. Kama Rafiki aliyeaminika ambaye ametumia muda mwingi wa maisha yangu akiishi na kufanya kazi nje ya eneo la kina la maeneo na taasisi za Quaker, ninahifadhi kanuni nyingi za kijamii zinazokinzana na utamaduni wetu mzuri. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Moja ya mielekeo yetu ya Quaker ni kujitolea kwetu kusema ukweli wetu wote wakati wote. Mara nyingi sisi husema zaidi kuliko inavyofaa wakati badala yake tunaweza kuwa na hamu ya kusikiliza na kujifunza kutoka kwa watu wanaofanya chaguo tofauti. <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
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Baadhi ya kanuni hizi zinavutia (huwa nashangazwa kila mara na kasi ambayo Quakers wanaweza kuanzisha potluck), lakini baadhi huniweka kinyume na imani na utambulisho wangu. Hii ”kitu cha kiatu” ni mahali ambapo mimi ni maumivu nje ya kawaida. <\/span><\/p>\n

Inaonekana ni jambo dogo, najua, kuita \u201cUtavaa Viatu Vigumu\u201d imani isiyo rasmi ya Quaker, lakini sijisikii kuwa jambo dogo kwangu. Ni kizuizi kati yangu na ibada. Ni chanzo cha hofu na kufadhaika ninaposafiri. Ni mstari kati ya ”ningetembelea hapa tena” na ”Hiyo ilikuwa ya kusikitisha; hakuna tena.” Ni moja ya maumivu ambayo yanaonekana kuwa madogo kwa sababu haijawahi kutokea kwa wengi wetu. <\/span><\/p>\n

Nilijua huu ulikuwa wakati mkubwa kuliko mimi nilipolalamika wakati wa hafla ya kijamii juu ya kutoweza kuvaa viatu vyangu vingi kwenye mkutano na sauti zingine tatu chumbani zikiwa na hisia sawa. Tulishiriki hofu na masikitiko yetu kuhusu kuvaa kwa ajili ya ibada, na nilihisi faraja ambayo sikujua nilikuwa nayo. Kwa kuhamasishwa na mazungumzo hayo, ningependa kushiriki sababu tatu kwa nini sare ya Quaker ya viatu imara haitumiki kama imani ya kukaribisha. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Furaha ya Uthibitisho wa Jinsia<\/b><\/h3>\n

Uchumba<\/span> ulimaanisha kwamba ningeweza kukumbatia utambulisho wangu wa jinsia kwa jina na kuegemea humo kikamilifu. Ningeweza kuuvisha mwili wangu na mitego ya uzoefu wangu wa jinsia na kufurahiya kikamilifu. Ningeweza kabisa kuwa kanisani bila wazazi wangu kuniegemea begani, wakinikumbusha yale yaliyokatazwa katika nyumba ya Mungu. Lakini kwa watu wengi wanaobadili jinsia na jinsia, kuvaa kulingana na usemi wetu wa kijinsia ni jambo lisilokubalika katika nyumba za mikutano za Quaker kwa sababu ni rasmi sana, ni dhana sana au ni ya kike sana. Kazi yangu ya siku inahitaji viatu na nguo fulani kwa sababu za usalama, kwa hivyo wikendi ni wakati ambapo ninaweza kuvaa kwa njia inayoonyesha jinsia yangu. Hiyo mara nyingi inamaanisha safu inayozunguka ya visigino vya kumeta, lofa za suede za rangi ya peremende, kabari zenye muundo, na espadrilles zinazovutia macho. <\/span><\/p>\n

Siku ya Kwanza ni siku ambayo ninachukua viatu ninavyotaka kuvaa kwenye mkutano, kuvijaribu, kisha kutambua kwamba siwezi kukabiliana na maoni mengine ya snide kuhusu kuzungusha mguu wangu (jambo ambalo halijawahi kutokea) au mzaha usiofaa kuhusu kuwa mrefu kuliko mke wangu (sio wasiwasi katika ndoa yetu). Kawaida mimi huweka viatu nyuma kwa kupumua. Ninaafikiana na jozi ya viatu ambavyo huniacha nikiwa mzima. Zaidi ya mara moja, nimevaa viatu vya kazi ili kwenda kwenye mkutano kwa sababu hakuna kitu kingine kilicholingana\u2014kando na jozi tatu za visigino vyeusi ambavyo nilijua havingenikaribisha. Wiki moja sikuwa na gorofa zinazolingana na kujitolea kujitolea baada ya ibada. Sikuwa na muda wa kubadilika tena bila kutuchelewesha kuabudu hivyo nilienda bila viatu. Saa nzima ilitumika kunyamaza kilio changu kilichofedheheshwa, na kuniibia uzoefu wa ibada. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mwanamke mmoja aliniambia kuhusu furaha yake ya kuvaa pampu za mtindo ili kuabudu, jambo ambalo hangeweza kufanya wakati wa wiki ya kazi. Pia alishiriki huzuni yake wakati mshiriki wa mkutano wake aliposema kwenye pampu kwa dhihaka, akipendekeza kwa sauti kubwa kwamba labda ”mitego rasmi haikuwa sawa kwa mkutano wa Quaker.” Mkutano ulikuwa mahali ambapo Rafiki huyu aliyebadilika angeweza kuleta ubinafsi wake kamili, unaovutia, na hilo lilichukuliwa kutoka kwake kwa sababu Rafiki mwingine alisisitiza kwamba upatanifu wa faraja ulishinda uthibitisho wake wa jinsia. Nimesikia kutoka kwa marafiki kadhaa wa jinsia na wasio washiriki wawili ambao wanasema kwamba msukumo wanaona wanawake wa cisgender wanapokea juu ya uchaguzi wa viatu umetosha kuwazuia kuvaa viatu wanavyotamani kwenye mkutano. Siwalaumu. Nimefedheheshwa kwa maisha yote na maoni ya Quaker juu ya viatu vyangu. Ninatamani mahali ambapo usemi wangu wa jinsia unaadhimishwa kama ukombozi wa roho yangu. <\/span><\/p>\n

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CAYA Sio CAWA<\/b><\/h3>\n

K<\/span> ufupi CAYA (njoo ulivyo) ni njia maarufu ya kuelezea huduma za kanisa katika mapokeo ya kidini ya kiliberali. Msemo huu ni njia ya kusema, ”Si lazima uvae au kunyoosha nywele zako au kupata uzuri wa kufanya kanisa pamoja nasi.” Wakati mwingine, pia ni njia ya kusema, ”Sio lazima kuwa mashoga kidogo ili kuabudu hapa.” Quakers wanajivunia mtazamo wetu wazi kuhusu jinsi watu wanavyokuja kuabudu\u2014mpaka mtu aje amevaa mavazi ya kifahari sana, akiwa na viatu maridadi lakini visivyofaa. Kisha mkutano unageuka kuwa \u201cnjoo kama <\/span>sisi<\/span><\/i> ni\u201d (CAWA) Tunatamani sana kuongeza idadi yetu, lakini pia tumepachikwa kwenye mitego ya nje ya kujieleza. <\/span><\/p>\n

Mtazamo huu ni changamoto kwa Marafiki wengi walioamini. Mke wangu alilelewa Quaker na hajawahi kujua mazingira rasmi ya kanisa. Ninafurahi kwamba anaweza kuwapo kikamili, kuvaa vizuri, na kufurahia ibada. Lakini nililelewa tofauti na kujua kanuni tofauti. Baadhi ya haya hufahamisha jinsi ninavyotaka kujiwasilisha kwa ajili yangu. Kwa kutarajia Marafiki kununua kabati mpya ili kukidhi matakwa ya mkutano, tunajifungia kwa zawadi zinazotoka kwa Marafiki hao. Suti ya Rafiki haimaanishi kuwa mkutano unaingizwa kwenye kanuni ya mavazi inayofaa zaidi kwa shirika la Amerika. Rafiki mwingine katika jozi nadhifu za viatu vya watazamaji haimaanishi kila mtu lazima anunue visigino vya inchi tatu kwa wiki inayofuata. Milango yetu iko wazi kwa watafutaji na wapekuzi, lakini je, iko wazi pia kwa wale ambao Siku zao za Kwanza ni siku ya nguo zenye wanga, suruali fupi fupi, na viatu vinavyong’aa? Ingawa Quaker kwa muda mrefu wamechagua mtindo kama njia ya ushuhuda wetu, Marafiki wa kisasa wanaona anuwai ya mavazi. Hatuna umoja juu ya suala la mtindo katika karne ya ishirini na moja. Lakini tunaposhikamana na tafsiri hizi finyu za jinsi vazi la Siku ya Kwanza linavyoonekana, tunachora mstari unaosema kwa uwazi sana kwamba tunathamini mwonekano wa nje zaidi kuliko vipawa vya moyo. <\/span><\/p>\n

Inaonekana kilima cha ajabu kufa juu yake, kuwa waaminifu. Kuna njia nyingi za kuwa watu wa kipekee katika ulimwengu huu, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuchukua msimamo dhidi ya udhalimu na utawala wa sheria. Kusisitiza mavazi ya busara na kuwadhalilisha wengine kwa tofauti za mitindo ni kupoteza nguvu wakati kuna wito mkubwa. Tunaposisitiza kwamba kila mtu lazima alingane kwa nje, tunakosa nafasi ya kuleta mioyo pamoja na kukua kuelekea imani yenye kina zaidi. Tumewafukuza watu wengi nje ya milango yetu kwa kitu karibu cha kuchekesha. Sikuzote shangazi yangu husema, ”Kufunga mdomo wako ni bure. Kuzungumza kwa jeuri ni gharama.” Katika kesi hii, mitazamo yetu ya kuhukumu inagharimu Quakerdom zawadi za watafutaji wengi. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Mimi Si Wako<\/b><\/h3>\n

Mama yangu<\/span> alipenda kunukuu Wakorintho wa Kwanza 6:19\u201320 kwa watoto wake karibu kila siku kama kidokezo cha kutathmini ni chaguo gani tulikuwa tukifanya:<\/span><\/p>\n

Au hamjui ya kuwa mwili wenu ni hekalu la Roho Mtakatifu aliye ndani yenu, mliyepewa na Mungu? Ninyi si mali yenu wenyewe, kwa maana mlinunuliwa kwa bei. Kwa hiyo mtukuzeni Mungu katika miili yenu. <\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wito huu wa kuchukua hatua kutoka kwa Paulo utaonekana tofauti kwa kila mtu, kama vile kila hekalu linavyoonekana tofauti. Hata miongoni mwa Marafiki\u2014wasioepuka mapambo ya nje ya vyumba vyetu vya ibada\u2014tunaonyesha aina nyingi sana. Uwekaji wa madirisha, madawati, na mpangilio wa maua hutengeneza tapestry ya kipekee ya nyumba za mikutano kote nchini: vivyo hivyo na mahekalu ambayo ni miili yetu. <\/span><\/p>\n

Uhusiano wangu na mstari huu uko wazi: Ninataka kuleta safi yangu, iliyoshinikizwa, na yenye mtindo bora kwenye tarehe yangu ya kila wiki na Spirit. Tabaka nyingi sana za utambulisho wangu zimefahamisha mavazi yangu ya kanisa, kutia ndani mila ya kanisa kuu ya babu na nyanya yangu na mwelekeo wa kiinjilisti wa wazazi wangu. Mimi ni mwanamke. Mimi ni wa Kusini. Mimi ni mmoja wa watoto wanne katika familia yenye shughuli nyingi, isiyo na adabu. Mimi ni mtoto wa jozi ya wafanyikazi wa kola nyeupe. Vipande hivi vyote vinakusanyika ili kuunda uhusiano wangu na kile ninachopaswa kuvaa kuabudu bila kujali ninaabudu wapi. Tabaka zako na historia hufahamisha hadithi ya uwasilishaji wako kwenye ibada na katika mkutano. Ndio, utamaduni wa mkutano unamaanisha kitu. Lakini uongozi wangu binafsi hauamuru yako. Kinyume chake, yako haipaswi kuamuru yangu. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Tunatazamia kukaribishwa. Tunataka kuwa hapa. Je, kuna mahali chini ya benchi kwa viatu vyetu tofauti-bado vinavyopendeza pamoja na vyako Siku hii ya Kwanza? <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
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Marafiki ambao wameitwa kujipumzisha kwa kuingia kwenye shati ya starehe na jeans zao zinazopenda wanafuata uongozi. Marafiki ambao wameitwa kutumia wakati wa kukusudia kuweka pamoja mavazi tata zaidi pia wanafuata uongozi. Chaguo langu la visigino vya ngozi vilivyo na hati miliki sio hesabu ya viatu vyako vya tenisi unavyovipenda. Ni zawadi kupata faraja na kupumzika kwa kufuata yale tunayojua kuwa kweli kuhusu uwasilishaji wetu. Sisi si wako. Hatutakushikilia kwa kiwango chetu tunapochagua jozi nzuri ya buti za kisigino ambazo labda zimeviringisha vifundo vya miguu kadhaa njiani (lakini sio zetu). <\/span><\/p>\n

Kila wakati kanuni ya imani \u201cYou Shalt Be Comfy\u201d inanisukuma zaidi nje ya mlango wa jumba la mikutano, kuna kitu kinapotea katika maisha ya mkutano. Ninataka kuwa Rafiki katika jamii, na ninataka kuonekana kama mtu mzima katika nishati yangu yote ya furaha ya sartorial. Kunyima mikutano yetu upendo na ibada ya wale wanaopata faraja katika jozi za wedges ni kunyima mikutano yetu zawadi zisizoelezeka. Tunabisha. Tunatazamia kukaribishwa. Tunataka kuwa hapa. Je, kuna mahali chini ya benchi kwa viatu vyetu tofauti-bado vinavyopendeza pamoja na vyako Siku hii ya Kwanza? <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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