Indlela yokuphila ingaphezu kweqoqo lemikhuba yomuntu siqu—iwukubonakaliswa kwezimiso zokuziphatha kwethu, ukuqaphela kwethu, kanye nobudlelwano nomhlaba osizungezile. Lesi sigaba sihlola ukuthi ukukhetha kwethu kwansuku zonke—lokho esikudlayo, esikugqokayo, esikudlayo, nesikwesekayo—kungaba nomthelela kanjani ezinhlelweni zokuxhashazwa noma kuthuthukise ikusasa elinozwela nelizinzile. Igqamisa ukuxhumana okunamandla phakathi kwezenzo zomuntu ngamunye kanye nomthelela oyiqoqo, okubonisa ukuthi konke ukukhetha kunesisindo sokuziphatha.
Ezweni lapho ukunethezeka kuvame ukusibekela unembeza, ukucabanga kabusha indlela yokuphila kusho ukwamukela ezinye izindlela ezinengqondo ezinciphisa ukulimala kwezilwane, abantu neplanethi. Indlela yokuphila engenalo unya inselele izinqubo ezijwayelekile ezifana nokulima kwasefekthri, imfashini esheshayo, nokuhlola izilwane, enikeza izindlela eziya ekudleni okusekelwe ezitshalweni, ukusetshenziswa kwezimiso zokuziphatha, kanye nokuncishiswa kwezinyathelo zemvelo. Akukhona mayelana nokuphelela—kumayelana nenhloso, inqubekelaphambili, kanye nomthwalo wemfanelo.
Ekugcineni, Indlela Yokuphila isebenza njengesiqondiso kanye nenselelo—imema abantu ngabanye ukuthi baqondanise amanani abo nezenzo zabo. Inika abantu amandla okucabanga kabusha ngokunenzuzo, ukumelana nengcindezi yabathengi, futhi bamukele ushintsho hhayi nje ukuze kuzuze umuntu, kodwa njengesitatimende esinamandla sozwelo, ubulungiswa, nokuhlonipha zonke izidalwa eziphilayo. Isinyathelo ngasinye esibheke ekuphileni okuqaphela kakhudlwana siba yingxenye yomnyakazo obanzi woshintsho lwesistimu kanye nomhlaba onomusa.
Isikhumba se-Vegan siguqula indlela esikhuluma ngayo imfashini, exubanisa ukusimama ngesitayela ukudala enye indlela enesihluku esinesikhumba sendabuko. Kwenziwe ngezinto ezintsha ezifana namaqabunga wephayinaphu, ama-apula peels, kanye ne-plastics ephindaphindwayo, le ndlela enobungani ye-eco-inciphisa umthelela wezemvelo ngaphandle kokuyekethisa ngekhwalithi noma ukwakheka. Njengoba imikhiqizo eminingi yamukela isikhumba se-vegan yonke into esikhwameni esisezingeni eliphezulu kuya ezinyaweni ezihlala isikhathi eside, kuyacaca ukuthi lokhu kukhetha okuhleliwe kulapha ukuhlala. Thola ukuthi ushintshela kanjani isikhumba se-vegan ungaphakamisa ikhabethe lakho ngenkathi usekela ikusasa eliluhlaza okotshani