UMarissa Teijo, oneminyaka engama-71 ubudalaukuqinaintshiseko, iphumelele ukumangalisa ukuphikisana ngokukhuphisana kwi-Miss Texas USA ye-US. Nangona wayeneminyaka yakhe, uTeijo ibonakalisile ukuba iminyaka yinani nje kwaye ukulandela amaphupha akhe ayazi.

Uhambo lukaTeijo ukuya kwinqanaba le-pament yiTestamente kukuzahlulela kwakhe kwimpilo kunye nokuqina. Ube rhoqo kwiIjim, apho ayesenza i-Yoga kwaye asebenze kwimisebenzi eyahlukeneyo ukugcina impilo-ntle yakhe yomzimba nengqondo. Ukuzinikela kwakhe ekunyamezeleni ukusebenza nokuphicotho akumvumi nje ukuba angazicekiseli i-stereotypes malunga nobudala kodwa uye waphefumlela abanye abaninzi ukuba baphile ubomi obusebenzayo.

Kudliwanondlebe, uTeijo wavakalisa umbulelo ngethuba lokuthatha inxaxheba kumGangatho, esithi kuyeyona iphupha lobomi bakhe. Ugxininise ukubaluleka kokufaka inkanuko yakhe kwaye ungavumi ukuba nobudala okanye imeko yobukho boluntu ibathintele. Ibali lakhe lisebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuba ingekapheli kade kakhulu xa sisenza iminqweno yomntu kwaye ukuzimisela kunye nokunyamezela kunokukhokelela kwimpumelelo engaqhelekanga.

Ukuthatha inxaxheba kukaTeijo kwi-Miss Texas USA Iphepha ligxunyekwe ngqwalaselo kunye nokuthandwa. Uninzi luye lwamnqabela ngenxa yokuqhekeza imiqobo kunye nomngeni kwiPasi yeNqaku esebuhleni. Ubukho bakhe kwinqanaba uthumela umyalezo onamandla wokubandakanyeka kunye nokuxhotyiswa, ukubonisa ukuba ubuhle kunye nokuzithemba kuza kuyo yonke iminyaka.

Njengoko ilungiselela iphepha lephepha, uTeijo sikhuthaze abantu bayo yonke iminyaka, beqinisekisa ukuba ngokusebenza nzima nokuzinikezela, nantoni na kunokwenzeka. Ibali lakhe lihlaziye abantu kwiindlela ezahlukeneyo zobomi, iingxoxo zokukhulula malunga nemigangatho yobuhle obutsha kunye nokwamkela iyantlukwano kwi-Pagentry.

Uhambo lukaTeijo lusebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuba iminyaka yobudala ayifanelanga ukuba sithintele inkanuko kunye namaphupha akhe. Ukuzimisela kwakhe, ukomelela, kunye nokuzinikela ekukhokeleni indlela yokuphila esempilweni ayimvumeleli nje ukuba akhuphisane kumsitho kodwa aze aphefumlele ukuba abanye baphile ubomi ngokupheleleyo.

Njengommiselo we-upexas exas usondela, onke amehlo aya kuMarissa Teijo, iTestamente Ephilayo kwi-Adage apho iminyaka nje. Ubukho bakhe bomsipha ngumbhiyozo wamandla, ubuhle, kunye nomoya ongagungqiyo wokulandela amaphupha akho, nokuba ungaphantsi kweminyaka.