UCissy Houston, imvumi eyaziwayo kunye nomama wodumo uWhitney Houston, uye wasweleka eneminyaka engama-91 ubudala. Wayesisibane samandla, ukomelela, kunye nenkuthazo kwabaninzi, kuquka nentombi yakhe, eyaba lelinye lawona magcisa omculo athengiswa kakhulu ngalo lonke ixesha.

Uhambo lukaCissy Houston kushishino lomculo lwaqala ngeminyaka yoo-1950, apho wazenzela khona igama njengelungu le-Sweet Inspirations, iqela eliculayo elanikezela ngenkxaso kumagama amakhulu emculweni, kuquka uAretha Franklin no-Elvis Presley. Ilizwi lakhe elityebileyo, elinomphefumlo kunye nokuzinikela okungagungqiyo kumsebenzi wakhe wobugcisa kwamenza wahlonelwa kwaye wanconywa ngoontanga kunye nabalandeli ngokufanayo. Kubo bonke ubomi bakhe, uCissy wahlala ezinikele kwiingcambu zakhe, ehlala ebandakanya izinto zevangeli kwimisebenzi yakhe, eyathi yadibana kakhulu nabaphulaphuli.
Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ilifa likaCissy Houston lithathe imilinganiselo emitsha, ngakumbi kwindawo yezempilo kunye nokuba sempilweni. Njengoko ihlabathi liya lisanda ngokwanda ukomelela kunye nokuphila ngokupheleleyo, ibali likaCissy lisebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokubaluleka kokugcina impilo entle emzimbeni nasengqondweni. Kulo mongo, ukunyuka kweyoga kunye nokomelelaIzitudiyo ziye zaba yinto ebalulekileyo, nabantu abaninzi abafuna ukuhlakulela amandla, ukuguquguquka, kunye nengqondo.

Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni we-aindawo yokuzivocavoca yeyoga ukhuthazwe bubomi bukaCissy Houston kunye neenqobo ezisemgangathweni-isithuba esingakhuthazi nje ukomelela ngokwasemzimbeni kodwa sikwanika imbeko nomoya wokomelela nokuxhobisa awayekuwo. Le gym inokubonelela ngeeklasi ezidibanisa izenzo zeyoga zesiko kunye nezinto zomculo kunye nesingqisho, ukubhiyozela unxibelelwano phakathi kwentshukumo kunye nomculo. Abahlohli banokufumana inkuthazo kwiingcambu zevangeli zikaCissy, ezibandakanya umculo ophakamisayo okhuthaza abathathi-nxaxheba ukuba bafumane amandla abo angaphakathi kwaye baziveze ngokukhululekileyo.
Indawo yokwenza umthambo inokusingatha iindibano zocweyo ezigxile kwimpilo yengqondo, igxininisa ukubaluleka kokuzikhathalela kunye nempilo yeemvakalelo. Kanye njengokuba uCissy Houston wajonga imiceli mngeni yobomi bakhe ngobabalo nokuzimisela, abathathi-nxaxheba banokufunda ukuhlakulela ukomelela kubomi babo. Indawo inokusebenza njengendawo yokuhlala, apho abantu badibana khona ukuze baxhasane kuhambo lwabo lwezempilo, kanye ngendlela uCissy awayeyixhasa ngayo intombi yakhe kunye namanye amagcisa kulo lonke ixesha lomsebenzi wakhe.

Ukwengeza kwiiyogaiiklasi, ijim inokubonelela ngeenkqubo zokuqina komzimba ezijongana nayo yonke iminyaka kunye namanqanaba okuqina, ikhuthaza wonke umntu ukuba amkele indlela yokuphila esempilweni. Ukususela kuqeqesho lwamandla ukuya kwimpilo yomdaniso, iminikelo yayiza kubonisa inkolelo kaCissy kumandla omculo kunye nokunyakaza ukuphakamisa umoya.
Njengoko sikhumbula uCissy Houston kunye negalelo lakhe elimangalisayo kumculo nenkcubeko, sikwabhiyozela iinqobo ezisemgangathweni azityalileyo kwabo bamngqongileyo. Ilifa lakhe alikho nje lelinye lempumelelo yomculo kodwa nokomelela, uthando, nokubaluleka kokondla umzimba nomphefumlo womntu.

Kwihlabathi elihlala liziva linesiphithiphithi, ubomi bukaCissy Houston busebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokufumana amandla kwizinto esizithandayo, nokuba kungomculo,ukomelela, okanye uluntu. Njengoko sihlonipha inkumbulo yakhe, masiwonge umoya wentlalo-ntle kunye nokuxhotyiswa awawulwelayo, siqinisekisa ukuba ilifa lakhe liyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza izizukulwana ezizayo.