Xa kufikwa ekuchitheni ixesha elininzi ngesitayile, kuvela ingxoxo engapheliyo: ngaba kufuneka uthabathe indawo enkulu ngedama lokudada eliqhelekileyo, okanye uligcine licocekile kwaye likrelekrele nge-swim spa yanamhlanje? Masingene—ulwimi lujoliswe ngokupheleleyo.
Ichibi lendabuko lifana naloo mzala ofika kwintlanganiso yosapho eqhuba iSUV yodidi oluphezulu. Likhwaza ngobukhulu, ubukho, kwaye lithi “ndijonge.” Ufumana indawo eninzi yee-laps, ii-cannonballs, kunye neeflamingos ezintantayo. Kodwa—zilungiselele—likwaza nokumba, iimvume zokwakha, iithayile ezingapheliyo, kunye nokuzibophelela okusisigxina. Nje ukuba likwigadi yakho yangasemva, ngokusisiseko lisivumelwano somtshato esibhalwe kwikhonkrithi. Owu, kunye nokugcinwa? Iiyure zemifanekiso ezichithwa udoba amagqabi, uvavanya i-chlorine, kwaye uchazela abamelwane ukuba kutheni abantwana babo bengenakuhlala kuyo.
Kwelinye icala, ii-spa zokuqubha zezona zilumkileyo nezinemidlalo. Zincinci, zisebenza kakuhle, kwaye ziguquguqukayo ngendlela emangalisayo, zikuvumela ukuba uqubhe ujongene nomsinga, untywilisele kwi-hot-tub ekhululekileyo, okanye ubambe itheko lechibi elincinci ngaphandle kokufuna isiqingatha se-acre yomhlaba. Ukufakela kudla ngokuba lula njengokuyibeka endaweni yayo uze uyifake. Kwaye ukuyilungisa? Inxalenye yentloko ebuhlungu. Cinga "ngokuhlamba ngokukhawuleza" kunokuba "nomsebenzi wempelaveki." Ingxaki? Kaloku, awuyi kumema lonke iqela lokuqubha loluntu ukuba liziqhelise—yinto yobuqu ngakumbi, esondelelene ngakumbi.
Ngoko ke, sithini isigqibo? Ukuba uphupha ngokubamba iindibano ezinkulu zasehlotyeni kunye nemiboniso yeflamingo float, iqonga lakho liqula ledama lokubhukuda. Ukuba ukhetha ukudada unyaka wonke, iijethi zonyango, kunye nento emnandi kwisikhwama sakho kunye nexesha lakho lokuphumla, i-swim spa iphumelele isithsaba.
Ekugqibeleni, akubalulekanga ukuba yeyiphi engcono—kukuba yeyiphi ekwenza wonwabe ngakumbi. Kaloku, amanzi ngawolonwabo, hayi uxinezeleko.