Paul Joseph Badali
Ephreli 29, 1951 - Disemba 1, 2024
U-Paul Joseph Badali, umyeni othandekayo, ubaba, umkhulu, umfowethu, umqashi, kanye nomngane basuka eGrey Havens for the Undying Lands ngo-December 1, 2024. UPaul walwa ngesibindi nomdlavuza wegazi ongavamile kanye nezinkinga ezalandela ngokufakelwa kwe-stem cell. Waqondiswa ekushintsheni kwakhe umkakhe onothando (uMelody) kanye nengane (Kaden) ekuseni ngo-1st esibhedlela sase-Huntsman e-Salt Lake City, e-Utah.
Wazalwa ngo-April 29, 1951, eNew Haven, Connecticut, uPaul wayeyizibulo ezinganeni ezintathu ezazalwa uJoseph A. no-Emma Welter Badali. UPaul wakhulela eBranford, ephakathi kwehlathi nolwandle, okwagxilisa uthando lwemvelo nokudala. Washada nothando lwempilo yakhe, uMelody Black, ngo-1974. UPaul wadlulisela uthando lwakhe ngemvelo nezincwadi ezinganeni zakhe ezine, u-Loria, u-Alaina, uJanelle noKaden. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwakuwukutshuza nge-scuba, ukukhempa, ukuzingela amatshe ayigugu, ukumba igolide, ukubona insimbi, ukubuka izinyoni, isayensi, noma ingxoxo yezenkolo, uPaul wayehlala ezingela uhambo lwakhe olulandelayo futhi wamukela noma ubani ofuna ukujoyina.
UPaul wayenguthisha wesikole samabanga aphezulu isayensi yomhlaba kanye nebhayoloji iminyaka engu-10, kodwa uthando lwakhe lokusebenza ngezinsimbi namatshe ayigugu emvelo lwashintsha umsebenzi wakhe futhi lwaholela uPaul ukuba athole ubucwebe be-Badali. Uthando lwakhe lwempilo yonke lwe-JRR Tolkien ethi The Hobbit kanye nethi The Lord of the Rings lwalolonga ibhizinisi lakhe ekuqaleni kwawo-2000. Uthole amalayisense okwenza ubucwebe ezincwadini zeTolkien, azibhala cishe iminyaka engamashumi amabili. Ngamunye wezingane zakhe ezine uchithe isikhathi esebenza ndawonye noyise, echitha amahora amaningi efunda futhi akha ibhizinisi ndawonye. Lokho kuzikhandla manje kuyigugu kubo, njengoba kuye kwalolonga imikhuba yabo yokusebenza nokuphila.
Ngesikhathi sakhe njengomongameli wenkampani, i-Badali Jewelry yathola amalayisense kubabhali abaningi bezinganekwane zesayensi namaphupho. U-Paul uhlonishwe futhi wabonga ukusebenza neziqhwaga eziningi kangaka zemibhalo nge-Badali Jewelry. Okunye okuhle kakhulu kukaPaul kwaba ukufakwa njengomlingisi ku-Brandon Sanderson's The Stormlight Archive. Sibonga uBrandon, inkumbulo yokumamatheka kukaPaul izohlala ingunaphakade.
Ukuphila kukaPaul kwakugcwele ukuzijabulisa, umndeni, abangane, nohleko. UPaul ushonelwa abazali bakhe nomfowabo, uBoyd Adam Badali. UPaul ushiye umkakhe uMelody, izingane zakhe uLoria, u-Alaina, uJanelle, noKaden, abazukulu bakhe abangu-5, nodadewabo uDebra Badali Wickizer.
UPaul uzokhunjulwa ngenhliziyo yakhe enomusa, ukumamatheka okuthelelanayo, kanye nothando lwakhe lokuphila. Ukudlula kwakhe emhlabeni kushiya isikhala ezimpilweni zalabo ababemazi futhi bemthanda.
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UKWENZIWA KWERANDATHO EYODWA YAMANDLA™:
Ngafunda i-"The Hobbit" okokuqala ngqa ngo-1967 ngisemusha eSikoleni Samabanga Aphakeme. Kwakuyincwadi yokuqala engake ngayifunda iyonke ngingedwa. Bengingumfundi ompofu kakhulu futhi kuthathe isikhathi esiningi, umzamo, nokuzibophezela kimi ukuze ngiyifunde yonke le ncwadi. Isitayela sikaTolkien nokuqukethwe kwe The Hobbit yathatha isithakazelo sami futhi ngaphoqeleka ukuba ngibekezele. Manje sengifunde kahle futhi ngakwazi ukugcwalisa isiqu esikhulu ngezinganekwane zesayensi namanoveli enganekwane engiye ngawafunda. Ukufundwa kwe The Hobbit leso sikhathi sokuqala kwaba inkathi yoshintsho ekuphileni kwami. Ngibunjwe futhi ngalolongwa yilokho okuhlangenwe nakho kokuqala no-JRR Tolkien ngezindlela zangempela.
Ngaqhubeka ngafunda INkosi we Izindandatho™ ngenkathi ngifunda ekolishi kusukela ngo-1969 - 1971. Kamuva ngafunda AbakwaSilmarillion™. Eminyakeni engama-40 kamuva, nakhu ngiwubucwebe owenza i-The Ruling Ring kanye nobunye ubucwebe obunelayisense ngokusemthethweni obuvela kumanoveli enganekwane. Lapho ngifuna igama lendodakazi yethu yokuqala ngo-1975, ngasikisela uLothlorian. Umkami wawuthanda umsindo nombono, kodwa wawufushanisa waba ngu-Loria (loth LORIA n). Ngakho-ke ngisho negama lengane yami eyizibulo lagqugquzelwa ngu-JRR Tolkien, futhi uyaziqhenya ngalo.
Ekukhuleni kwami ngangingumfana wemvelo. Ngo-1956, ngineminyaka engu-5, ngathola ikristalu yami yokuqala endaweni yokulahla imfucumfucu eduze kwasekhaya. Ngangingakaze ngibambe ikristalu ngaphambili. Ngisayikhumbula injabulo yokuyibamba, umlingo wokutholakala kanye nenjabulo yokuba nayo. Ukutholwa kwaleyo crystal yokuqala kwanginika uthando lwamakristalu namaminerali kanye nenjabulo yokuthola ingcebo emhlabeni. Bengilokhu ngiyi-rock hound eshisekayo kusukela ngaleso sikhathi. Ngazi kahle ukuthi uBilbo wazizwa kanjani lapho eqala ukucosha i-Arkenstone. Ngiyathanda ukuthola izinto emhlabeni.
Ngo-1970, ngabona umuntu engangijwayelene naye enza umsebenzi weLapidary, esika futhi epholisha amagugu. Ngemva kwehora ngangisanda kuqeda ukusika nokupholisha itshe lami lokuqala eliyigugu, i-tigereye. Ngo-1974, ngafunda umkhandi wesiliva ukuze ngizenzele ezami izilungiselelo zamatshe engangiwasika. Ngaqhubeka nezifundo zami zokuklama ubucwebe kusukela ngo-1975 kuya ku-1977. Ngavula isitolo sami sokuqala sobucwebe ngo-1975. Ngathweswa iziqu ngo-1978 ngathola i-BS kuZoology and Botany futhi ngafundisa i-junior high science kanye ne-biology yasesikoleni esiphakeme iminyaka engu-7 ngaphambi kokubuyela kubucwebe. ibhizinisi.
Njengomcwengisi wezinto eziyigugu, ngithonywe kakhulu imibhalo ka-JRR Tolkien, kwakungenakugwemeka ukuthi ngelinye ilanga ngiklame i-One Ring™ of Power. Bengilokhu ngifuna umfanekiso wendandatho. Cishe ngenza imizamo yami yokuqala ngo-1975 noma ngaphezulu; imizamo engalungile yokuqinisekisa. Ngaqala ukuwenza ngendlela engathi sína ngo-1997, ngemiphumela embalwa engagculisi. Ekugcineni ngikhiqize isitayela esiyisicaba engisibone sisihle ngokwanele ngo-1998. Ngo-1999, iringi yathuthukiswa futhi yaba yisitayela esiyindilinga esifanelana kahle esisinikezayo njengamanje. Ngathintana ne-Tolkien Enterprises, manje eyi-Middle-Earth Enterprises, futhi ngaxoxisana ngamalungelo elayisensi ukuze ngikwazi ukwenza futhi ngidayise i-One Ring. Leyo layisensi iholele kwamanye amalayisense ethu nababhali bezinganekwane eminyakeni edlule.
Abanye baye babuza ukuthi kungani umuntu efuna into embi kabi njenge-Sauron's Ruling Ring; wadalelwa ukugqilaza wonke umhlaba ophakathi ngaphansi kombuso wakhe omnyama wobushiqela. Nakuba leyo bekuyinhloso okwadalelwa yona i-Ruling Ring, okungukuthi hhayi umphumela, noma okuwukuphela kwento emele i-One Ring. Ngizwa sengathi indandatho iwuphawu olufana nolwesiphambano kumaKristu. Isiphambano empeleni siwuphawu lobubi obukhulu obenziwe kulo mhlaba, kodwa esikhundleni salokho sesiwuphawu lokuzidela okukhulu kunakho konke okwake kwenziwa ukuze kususwe ububi obukhulu emhlabeni. Ngizwa sengathi Indandatho Eyodwa iwuphawu lokuzidela kuka-Frodo ngokuzimisela kokuphila kwakhe ukuze asuse ububi obukhulu emhlabeni. Futhi kuwuphawu lwezibopho ezakhiwe phakathi kohambo lwe-Fellowship kanye nemizabalazo yabo yokunqoba ububi.
Ingabe umzabalazo wokunqoba ububi awukhiphi okuhle nokubi kakhulu kithi sonke? Ngikholelwa ukuthi njengento eyinhloko yochungechunge lwe-The Lord of The Rings, Indandatho Eyodwa futhi imele konke okuhle nokuyiqiniso eMhlabeni Ophakathi. Kimina imele indlela kaBilbo ecacile nokuhluthula, ukubekezela kukaFrodo, ukubekezela, kanye nesibindi, ukuhlakanipha nokuzinikela kukaGandalf, ubuhle bomphefumulo kaGaladriel nomusa wenhliziyo, ukubekezela namandla ka-Aragorn, ukungaguquguquki kukaSam, ukwethembeka, nokuthobeka, kanye nokuhle abanye abaningi ababe nengxenye emzamweni wokususa ububi. Imelela ukuzidela ngamunye ayezimisele ukukwenza ukuze kube nokuhle kakhulu, izisusa nemizwelo yabantu emihle kakhulu. Kuwuphawu lokuziphatha nokuziphatha uma kungelona uphawu olucishe lube yinkolo. Kusikhumbuza ukuthi ilungelo liyohlala linqoba lapho abantu abalungile benqaba ukubekezelela ububi, futhi lowo muntu oyedwa can yenza umehluko. Kuyintelezi yethemba nokholo.
Ubucwebe bami bukhombisa kakhulu ukuthi ngingubani nokuthi ngiyini. Imibhalo kaTolkien ibe nethonya elikhulu emicabangweni yami, emizweni yami, ezintweni engizithandayo, nasezifisweni zami. Ngibunjwe yimpilo ukuba ngibe yindoda ngelinye ilanga ezokwenza i-One Ring of Power.
- UPaul J. Badali