U-Ashley Graham Wabelane Ngezifundo Zempilo Mayelana Nesithombe Somzimba Nokubonga Akufunde Kumama Wakhe

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U-Ashley Graham uthatha isikhashana ukubonga bonke omama abakhona ababambe inqaba ngesikhathi sodlame lwe-coronavirus (COVID-19).

Kwividiyo esanda kwabiwa njengengxenye yochungechunge olusha lwe-Instagram #takeabreak, imodeli eneminyaka engu-32 itshele abalandeli bayo ukuthi uchithe amasonto ambalwa edlule ehlukanisile nomndeni wakhe, kubandakanya nomama wakhe.

"Bengizindla ngalokho angifundise khona nalokho engizokufundisa indodana yami," kusho u-Graham ngaphambi kokuba abhale izifundo ezibalulekile eziyisithupha umama wakhe amfundise zona ezimsize ukuba abe yilo muntu ayiyena namuhla.

Okokuqala, uGraham wathi unina wamfundisa ukuhola ngesibonelo. "Indlela ohola ngayo impilo yakho isho okungaphezulu nje kwalokho okutshela izingane zakho," wabelana ngale vidiyo. "Uma ubatshela ukuthi baziphathe kahle kwabanye, baba ngcono bheka uziphethe kahle kwabanye. "

KuGraham, isibonelo esibaluleke kakhulu umama wakhe asibeka ukuthi akazange agxeke umzimba wakhe, esho. “Kunalokho wawamukela ‘amaphutha’ akhe futhi akazange awaveze njengamaphutha,” kuqhuba yena. "Ukhulume ngemilenze yakhe eqinile, izingalo zakhe eziqinile, futhi wangenza ngayibonga imilenze yami eqinile nezingalo zami eziqinile, kuze kube namuhla."

ICYDK, kwaba nesikhathi emsebenzini kaGraham lapho ayefuna ukuyeka ukumodela ngenxa yezinkulumo ezingezinhle ayezithola ngomzimba wakhe. Enkulumweni ka-2017 no V Magazine, lo modeli utshele uTracee Ellis Ross ukuthi ngumama wakhe owamkholisa ukuthi abambelele futhi alwele amaphupho akhe. (Okuhlobene: U-Ashley Graham Uthi Wazizwa Njengomuntu "Ongaphandle" Emhlabeni Wokumodela)

"Nganginengeke ngami futhi ngatshela umama wami ukuthi ngiyabuya ekhaya," kusho uGraham ngaleso sikhathi, ekhuluma ngezinsuku zakhe zokuqala eNew York City. "Futhi wangitshela," Cha, awuyena, ngoba ungitshele ukuthi yilokhu obekufuna futhi ngiyazi ukuthi kufanele ukwenze lokhu. Akunandaba ukuthi ucabangani ngomzimba wakho, ngoba umzimba wakho kufanele iguqule ukuphila komuntu.' Kuze kube namuhla okunamathela kimi ngoba ngilapha namhlanje futhi nginomuzwa wokuthi kulungile ukuba ne-cellulite. " (Okuhlobene: I-Mantra Ashley Graham Enika Amandla Isebenzisa Ukuzizwa Njenge-Badass)

Namuhla, uyazi uGraham njengomuntu ongazethembi nje kuphela, kodwa obuye wafunda ukungayinaki imibono yabantu, futhi lokho ngokwengxenye kungenxa yesimo sakhe esithathelwanayo—esinye isifundo esibalulekile umama wakhe amfundisa sona, esho.

Eqhubeka kuvidiyo yakhe, uGraham wabelane ngokuthi umama wakhe umfundise ukuthola injabulo kunoma yisiphi isimo — isifundo esisize kakhulu phakathi kwesifo se-coronavirus, kuchaza uGraham. Noma uGraham ezizwa ekhathazekile, uzama konke okusemandleni akhe ukuthi "ahlale ethembekile futhi ezolile" eduze kwengane yakhe, u-Isaac, "ngoba lezo zindlebe zisalalele," kusho yena.

UGraham ubevulelekile ngamandla okuqinisekiswa okuhle empilweni yakhe phambilini, ehlanganyela ngokubaluleka kokwenza ukuthanda wena nokwazisa. (I-BTW, isayensi ithi ukucabanga okuhle kuyasebenza ngempela; kungakusiza nokuthi unamathele emikhubeni enempilo.)

Ngokulandelayo, uGraham ubonge umama wakhe ngokumfundisa ngokubaluleka kokuziphatha okuhle emsebenzini (ukuhlehlisa kuyinto enkulu cha, wengeza) nokubaluleka kokubuyisela. Imodeli iphinde yaphawula ukuthi ukuxhasa umuntu noma imbangela oyikhathalelayo akudingeki ukuthi kubandakanye ukusizakala kwendabuko noma ukuvolontiya. Eqinisweni, kulezi zinsuku, kungaba lula kakhulu kunalokho, kuchaza uGraham.

"Njengamanje, ukubuyisela kungasho nje ukuhlala ekhaya kulabo abangakwazi," esho, ebhekisa ekuqhekekeni komphakathi ngesikhathi sobhadane lwe-coronavirus, kanye neqiniso lokuthi abasebenzi ababalulekile abanakho ukunethezeka kokuhlala ekhaya. (UGraham ungomunye wosaziwayo abaningi ababambe iqhaza kwinselelo ye- # IStayHomeFor ku-Instagram ukusiza ukuvimbela ukusabalala kwe-coronavirus.)

Isifundo sokugcina uGraham athe wasifunda kumama wakhe: ukubonga. "Umama uhlale engifundisa ukubheka ngapha nangapha futhi ngibonge ngalokho esinakho hhayi lokho ebesingenakho," kusho uGraham kwividiyo yakhe. "Futhi lokho kungasho noma yini efana nokubonga impilo yakho noma ukuhlala evalelwe yedwa usazungezwe abantu obathandayo." (Izinzuzo zokubonga zisemthethweni — nakhu ukuthi ungazuza kanjani kakhulu enkambisweni yakho yokubonga.)

Embhalweni wevidiyo yakhe, uGraham wabelane ngesinye isikhumbuzo sokuqhubeka nokuzilolonga - hhayi nje njengendlela yokusiza ukubambezela ukusakazeka kwe-COVID-19, kodwa futhi njengendlela yokubonga "kulabo abasebenza ngokuzikhandla ukugcina thina siyahamba, "kufaka phakathi abasebenzi ababalulekile abanjengochwepheshe bezokunakekelwa kwempilo, abasebenza ezitolo zokudla, abathwali beposi, nokunye okuningi.

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