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Izilimi Zothando, Zicatshangwa Kabusha: Yini Esiza Ngempela Umuntu Ukuthi Azizwe Ethandwa

Cishe uyalwazi ulimi lwakho lothando. Mhlawumbe nolomlingani wakho futhi. Nakhu ucwaningo olwakuthola ngempela lapho ososayensi behlola lo mqondo, nendlela eqotho kakhulu yokucabanga ngokusiza umuntu ukuthi azizwe enakekelwa.

Indoda egqoke ivesti elimhlophe ihlezi eceleni kowesifazane ogqoke ibhantshi elimnyama

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Amathiphu asheshayo

  • Buza ukuthi yini eyenza bazizwe bethandwa.
  • Bheka okwenza bakhanye.
  • Gcina izinhlobo ezimbalwa zothando zigeleza.

Imibhangqwana eminingi ike yaba nenguqulo ethile yale ngxoxo. Umuntu oyedwa uthi, "Ulimi lwami lothando yisikhathi esihle, kanti wena uhlala usefonini." Omunye athi, "Kodwa ngenzela izinto usuku lonke. Ngigcwalise imoto yakho. Ngiphathe ucingo lwe-inshuwarensi obuluyesaba." Bobabili abantu basho iqiniso. Bobabili abantu bazizwa bengabonwa kancane. Futhi ndawana thile ngaphansi kwamagama kunombuzo wangempela izilimi zothando ezazizama ukuwuphendula: ngimbonisa kanjani lo muntu ukuthi ngiyamthanda ngendlela angakwazi ngempela ukuyizwa?

Lowo mbuzo muhle. Ufanele ukuthathwa ngokungathi sina. Uhlaka abantu abaningi abalufinyelelayo ukuphendula wona luvela luntengantenga kunalokho ukuduma kwalo okusikisela, futhi ukwazi ukuthi kungani kungakwenza ube ngcono, hhayi kabi, ekuthandeni abantu empilweni yakho.

Izilimi ezinhlanu zothando zivela encwadini yango-1992 ka-Gary Chapman, umfundisi nomeluleki wemishado. Umqondo ulula futhi uyanamathela, okuyingxenye yesizathu sokuthi wasabalala waya ezigidini eziyishumi zabafundi. UChapman waphakamisa ukuthi abantu ikakhulukazi banikeza futhi bamukele uthando ngenye yezindlela ezinhlanu: amagama okuqinisekisa, isikhathi esihle, izenzo zenkonzo, ukuthinta ngokomzimba, nokwamukela izipho. Thola ulimi olukhulu lomlingani wakho, kusho ukucabanga, ulukhulume, bese bezizwa bethandwa. Khuluma olungalungile bese umlayezo ulahleka ekuhumusheni.

Kuyindaba ewusizo. Yanika isizukulwane semibhangqwana indlela ezolile yokukhuluma ngezidingo esikhundleni sokushintshana ngezinsolo. Inkinga yilokho okwenzeka uma uhlola indaba ngokumelene nobufakazi.

Yini ucwaningo olwakuthola ngempela

Ngo-2024, iqembu lososayensi bobudlelwano eliholwa u-Emily Impett e-University of Toronto, kanye no-Haeyoung Gideon Park no-Amy Muise, labuyekeza izifundo ezikhona ngezilimi zothando labe selishicilela ukuhlola kwabo ejenali i-Current Directions in Psychological Science. Babheka izimangalo ezintathu uhlaka lonke olusimeme kuzo. Akukho namunye kwezintathu owamelana kahle.

Isimangalo sokuqala ukuthi umuntu ngamunye unolimi olulodwa oluyinhloko lothando. Uma abacwaningi becela abantu ukuthi bakale izigaba ezinhlanu ngokwazo, esikhundleni sokuphoqa ukukhetha phakathi kwazo, kwenzeka into etshelayo. Abantu bakala zonke ezinhlanu njengezibalulekile. Cishe akekho ofuna amagama kuphela ngaphandle kwesikhathi, noma ukuthinta kuphela ngaphandle kosizo endlini. Sifuna iqoqo lonke. Umbuzo owenza umqondo wadumela usebenza ngokukwenza ukhethe okukodwa kunokunye, kaninginingi, okungakhiqiza intandokazi "eyinhloko" engekho ngempela uma uyeka ukuphoqa ukushintshana.

Isimangalo sesibili ukuthi kunezilimi ezinhlanu kanye. Uma ososayensi besebenza izinombolo, izigaba azihleleki kahle zibe zinhlanu. Izifundo ezahlukene zifika kwezintathu, noma ezine, futhi zishiya izinto ezibalulekile ngokusobala, njengokumane ulalelwe, noma ukuzizwa uhlonishwa. Isihlanu inombolo ekhumbulekayo. Akukhona okutholakele.

Isimangalo sesithathu yisona esingokoqobo, isizathu abantu abenza ngaso umbuzo nhlobo: ukuthi imibhangqwana ijabula kakhulu uma "ivumelana," noma uma umuntu oyedwa efunda ukukhuluma ulimi lomunye. Lapha ubufakazi bumncane futhi buxubene. Izifundo eziningana zathola ukuthi imibhangqwana enezilimi ezivumelanayo yayingenelisekile ngaphezu kwemibhangqwana engavumelaniyo. Izifundo ezimbalwa zakhomba enye indlela. Isifinyezo esiqotho ukuthi umphumela mncane futhi awuthembekile, okungeyona into obungayilindela emqondweni okumele ube ngukhiye wobudlelwano obujabulayo. Njengoba u-Impett ekusho, abantu ngokuyisisekelo bajabula kakhulu ebudlelwaneni uma bemukela noma yiziphi kulezi zinkomba zothando.

Lowo musho wokugcina yiwona ozobambelela kuwo. Uhlela kabusha yonke into ngokuthula. Uma ukwamukela noma yiziphi kulezi kwenza abantu bajabule kakhulu, ngakho umgomo bewungakaze ube ukuthola indlela eyodwa elungile bese uthulula konke kuyo. Umgomo ukuqhubeka uvela ngezindlela eziningana, nokuqhubeka uqaphela ukuthi kuyafika yini.

Umfanekiso ongcono: hhayi ulimi, ukudla

Abacwaningi baseToronto banikeza isithombe esihlukile, futhi sinomusa. Esikhundleni solimi olukhuluma noma ungalukhulumi, cabanga ngothando njengokudla okulinganiselwe.

Umzimba wakho awusebenzi ngesakhamzimba esisodwa. Udinga i-protein nemifino namafutha namanzi, ngokulinganisela okuthile, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi. Ungasinda isikhashana ngokudla okukodwa. Ubungeke uchume. Ubudlelwano busebenza ngendlela efanayo. Abantu badinga uthando nokwazisa nesikhathi nosizo olungokoqobo nokuzizwa beqondiwe, hhayi olukodwa kulokho ngokushiya okunye. Njengoba u-Impett ekuchaza, umqondo wokudla "ugcina zonke izinkomba zothando emenyu bese umema abalingani ukuthi babelane ngalokho abakudingayo ngezikhathi ezahlukene."

Lokhu kubalulekile ngesizathu sangempela. Umfanekiso wolimi ungaba yisaba. "Lolo akulona ulimi lwami" luphenduka isizathu sokweqa into umlingani wakho ayicelayo. Umfanekiso wokudla uvala lelo gebe. Awutholi ithuba lokuphaka kuphela izidlo othanda ukuzipheka. Isikhathi eside ngaphandle kothando sishiya uphawu, ngisho nakumuntu "ulimi" lwakhe okuthiwa yizenzo zenkonzo. Isikhathi eside sokuzizwa ungathakaselwa sigugisa umuntu ofunga ukuthi unakekela kuphela isikhathi esihle.

Kuphinde kususe ingcindezi emqondweni wokuthi kumele uqaqe ikhodi. Akudingeki uxilonge umuntu wakho bese wenza ukuziphatha okukodwa okumfushane ngokuphelele. Kudingeka ugcine izinto ezimbalwa zigeleza.

Yini engaphansi kwakho konke

Susa izigaba bese kukhona okutholakele okunokwesekwa okuqinile ngemuva kwakho, okuhamba kuwo wonke amashumi eminyaka ocwaningo lobudlelwano ngaphansi kwegama elicace kakhulu. Igama osozingqondo abalisebenzisayo ukusabela.

Ukusabela ngumuzwa ozwakalayo wokuthi umuntu uyakuqonda. Ukuthi bayakuqonda lokho okudingayo ngempela, bayakunakekela, futhi benza okuthile ngakho. I-Greater Good Science Center e-Berkeley, ifingqa ucwaningo lwezilimi zothando, ikhomba kanye lokhu: okusiza umuntu azizwe ethandwa ukusatshelwa ngendlela ehlangabezana nezidingo zakhe zangempela, ukuze azizwe eqondiwe, eqinisekisiwe, futhi enakekelwe. Qaphela ukulandelana. Ukuqonda kuza kuqala. Isenzo sibalwa njengothando kuphela uma sikhonjiswe kulokho lo muntu akufunayo ngempela, hhayi kulokho ocabanga ukuthi bakufuna noma lokho obungakufuna esikhundleni sabo.

Lokho futhi kuwuntambo omncane wezindaba ezinhle ogqityiwe ezifundweni zezilimi zothando. Lezo ezimbalwa ezabheka ukuthi ukwazi izintandokazi zomlingani wakho kubikezela ukwaneliseka zathola ukuxhumana okuhle. Hhayi ngoba izigaba zingezangempela, kodwa ngoba isenzo sokunaka ngokwanele ukuze wazi ngokwaso yikho okusizayo. Izilimi zothando bezihlala ziyisikhombisi esingaphucukile sokusabela. Isikhombisi siyakhethwa. Into esikhomba kuyo ayikhethwa.

Ukusabela yisona sizathu sokuthi umlingani wemoto-ne-inshuwarensi nomlingani wesikhathi-esihle bobabili bazizwa bengabonwa. Kwakungeyona ngempela indaba yenkonzo ngokumelene nesikhathi. Omunye wabo wayethi "ngidinga ukuzizwa ngiyinto ebalulekile" engezwiwa. Omunye wayethi "ngivela kuwe njalonjalo futhi akufiki" naye engezwiwa. Isixazululo akukhona ukukhetha isigaba esilungile. Kungokuthi ngamunye wabo angenise ngempela lokho omunye akucelayo bese esabela kukho.

Indlela yokusiza ngempela umuntu ukuthi azizwe ethandwa

Nakhu lapho lokhu kuba khona okungokoqobo. Ungakha ukusabela ngamabomu. Izinto ezimbalwa ezivame ukusebenza:

  1. Buza, bese ukholelwa lokho abakutshela khona. "Yini eyenza uzizwe uthandwa kakhulu yimi?" ngumbuzo ongcono kunanoma yimuphi umbuzo wemidlalo, ngoba umayelana nalo muntu, hhayi isigaba. Wubuze ngaphezu kwakanye eminyakeni. Impendulo iyashintsha. Umzali omusha osebenza ngaphandle kobuthongo udinga izinto ezahlukene kunalezo abezidinga ekuqaleni.
  2. Bheka okufikayo. Qaphela imizuzu emincane umuntu wakho athamba, akhanye, encike kuwe. Leyo yidatha. Uma bekhululeka njalo uma ubeka ifoni lakho eceleni ngesidlo, ufunde okuthile okuthembeke kakhulu kunelebula. Uma inothi esikhwameni sabo lenza ikuseni labo lonke, thatha isikisi.
  3. Yeka ukwabela ngesabelo izinhlobo ozithola zingakhululeki. Iningi lethu lithembela ezinkombeni ezifika kalula bese liyeka ngokuthula lezo ezingafiki kalula. Uma ukusho izinto ezithambile ngokuzwakalayo kuzwakala kuqinile, ngokuvamile yiyona kanye into efanele ukuzijwayeza, ngoba cishe yiyona into umlingani wakho ayiswelayo.
  4. Vumelanisa nomzuzu, hhayi nencwadi yemiyalelo. Umuntu osesimweni sangempela esibi ngokuvamile udinga induduzo nokuba khona ngaphambi kokuba adinge ukuthi ulungise inkinga noma umnike isipho. Funda isimo. Ukusabela kuwukubona isikhathi njengoba kunjalo ngokuqukethwe.
  5. Sho lokho okudingayo ngaphandle kokwenza kube yisivivinyo. Ukusikisela bese uzonda ukwehluleka ukufunda ingqondo yakho kuwubuthi obuhamba kancane. "Bengizizwa ngikude nawe, singaba nobusuku obungenazikrini kuleli sonto" kunika umlingani wakho ithuba langempela lokufika. Abantu ngokuvamile bayafuna. Bavame ukungazi nje ukuthi kanjani, futhi isicelo esicacile siyisipho.

Qaphela ukuthi akukho kulokhu okudinga ukuthi ube umthombo wakho wodwa womlingani wakho wakho konke. Abangane, umndeni, nokuqina kwakho konke kondla ukudla okufanayo. Ukubeka sonke isisindo sokuzizwa uthandwa kumuntu oyedwa kuyinto enzima ukuyithwala, futhi akulona iphuzu.

Uma wena nomuntu wakho nehluke ngempela

Kufanele siqambe isimo izilimi zothando ezakhelwe sona, ngoba singesangempela. Ngezinye izikhathi abantu ababili ngokweqiniso baveza ukunakekela ngezindlela ezahlukene ezijwayelekile. Omunye ushiya amanothi athi "ngiyakuthanda" izikhathi ezingamashumi amabili ngosuku. Omunye ukubonisa ngokulungisa ibhayisikili lakho nokufunda incwadi yemiyalelo yefoni yakho entsha ukuze ungasho. Ngamunye angazizwa ngokuthula ekhwatshaniselwe, futhi ngamunye angacabanga ngasese ukuthi omunye akazami.

Iseluleko esidala kwakungukufunda ulimi lomunye bese ukhiqiza okwengeziwe kwalo. Lokho akulona iphutha, kodwa aluphelele, futhi lungaguqukela ekugcineni amaphuzu. Isinyathelo esimeme kakhulu sinezinhlangothi ezimbili. Uyanaba ubhekise kulokho umlingani wakho akudingayo, futhi umlingani wakho uyanaba abhekise kulokho okudingayo, bese nobabili niba ngcono kancane ekuboneni uthando oluvele lukhona ngendlela obungaqeqeshelwe ukuyibona. Amanothi luthando. Ibhayisikili elilungisiwe luthando. Ubuhlungu obuningi ebudlelwaneni obude buvela othandweni olunikezwa ngolimana omunye umuntu angazange afunde ukulufunda. Ungafunda ukulufunda. Ungabuye ucele, ngokusobala, amagama ambalwa ngolwakho.

Lokho kunyakaza okukabili, ukunaba ubhekise kubo nokubasiza ukuthi bakubone, kungumsebenzi okungekho mbuzo ongawenza esikhundleni sakho. Kuphinde kube, eminyakeni, yilokho okwenza abantu ababili abahlukene bazizwe njengeqembu esikhundleni sabantu ababili abashintshana ngokudumala.

Uma igebe likhulu kunomfanekiso

Ngezinye izikhathi inkinga akukhona ukuthi ukhuluma ulimi olungalungile. Kuwukuthi ukuxhumana sekugugekile, yona kanye impi ilokhu ijikeleza, noma omunye noma nobabili niyekile ukufinyelela komunye nhlobo. Lokho kuvamile, kungokobuntu, futhi kufanele kuthathwe ngokungathi sina kunokukulinda kudlule.

Umelaphi wemibhangqwana akuwona uphawu lokwehluleka. Useduze nalokho umqeqeshi omuhle ayikho kumsubathi: umuntu ongaphandle kwesimo ongabona iphethini nobabili eniseduze kakhulu ukuyibona. Uma uthwele lokhu ikakhulu wedwa, uzizwa uphansi njalo, ukhathazekile, noma uphelelwe yithemba ngakho, lowo yisizathu sokukhuluma nodokotela wakho noma umelaphi wengqondo futhi. Futhi uma ubudlelwano buke bakushiya uzizwa wesaba, ulawulwa, noma ungaphephile, lokho akukhona ukungahambisani kolimi lothando. Leyo yingxoxo ehlukile nesheshayo kakhulu, futhi ufanelwe ukwesekwa ukuze uyibe.

Ingxenye ewusizo yezilimi zothando bekungasoze kwaba amabhokisi amahlanu ahlelekile. Bekuyisibolela sokuma bese ubuza ukuthi umuntu ophambi kwakho uzizwa enakekelwa kanjani ngempela, bese wenza leyo nto ngamabomu. Ungasigcina isibolela bese uyeka ifomula. Naka, buza, gcina izinhlobo ezimbalwa zothando zigeleza, bese usabela kulokho okuzwayo. Lokho kuwubuciko bonke. Kulula kunombuzo futhi kufinyeleleka kakhulu.

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