Dear Tawngno,
Tawngno aw, ‘TheTouchstone’ cih tangthu tom khat za ngeinai dingin hong umlo ka hih manin tutung in tua tangthu hong genkawm leh ka deih pawlkhat helbeh in hong khak ing. Tom liklek mahmah napi-in laktheih ding pilna hong pia ahih manin nang zong nasim khak loh ding pammaih sa kahih kawm man zong hi.
Hih ‘Touchstone’ cih pen suang lamdang khat hi-a, i zomite tangthu ah akigen ngei ‘Dahpa Khuang’ bangdan in hih suang anei peuhpeuh in tawikawm in adeihdeih gen leh ngah hi, kici hi. Suang dangdangte tawh ki banglo-in amah pen tuamdang deuh a, lum (warm) hi, cise hi.
Tua thu azak ciangin khat pa pen tua ‘Touchstone’ zong dingin gun gei aom, suang piau ah hong pai hi. Amai aom suang lamdang deuh ‘Touchstone’ hi dingin a upmawhte tawm in, alum kei leh gun sungah hong denna pahpah hi. Tua bangin zing, sun leh nitak hong zongtan hi. Ni khat khit ni khat, kal khat khit kal khat, kha khat khit kha khat hong pai toto-in hong muzo tuan mahmah lo hi. Ahi zong lungkia peuhmah lo-in hong zong veve hi.
Tua leh zingsang khat amai aom suang khat hong tawm in, suang dangte tawh kibanglo-in tua suang pen alum lam phawk khavat hi. Ahi zongin alum lam aphawk hun ciangin zekai khin ta-a, suang dangte mah bangin mipa in tuipi sung denna khinta hi, ci hi. Ahang in suang paih pen amah na ki ngeina sehkhin ta-in na zongsang khinta hi. Tha le ngal leh hun tampi bei-in a zongzong tua ‘Touchstone’ pen a khutsung ah aom khit hangin mipa in zongsatna hoihlo khat na ngah lawh khin ahih manin hong suplawh kik hi.
Na pa in zong hidan mahin ka zongsatna hoihlo khat hangin khatvei mawtaw tawh accident dektak ing. Ahang in mawtaw hawl ciangin zuih dingin ka thupit ngaihsut hetloh lam neuneute kawi ciang singal lah dingpen ka lahloh man hi. Atuung in lauhhuai hetlo hinapi-in akum bang tuadan in ka gamtat ciangin ngeina bangdan in ngaihsun in zongsang ta hing. Tua bangin zongsang ka hih manin signal lah dingin akulna mun lampi liante-ah laklo ka hih manin accident na hong piang dektak hi. Lamneute ah signal ka lahloh pen lauhuai lua hethet lo hinapi-in, signal lahloh ding ka zongsat pen lauhuai mahmah hi. Tua ni akipan in kipuah pha in, kikhel pah ing.
Bang phawk ka hiam cileh, tu laitak a zusuai-in zu lo tawh anung ta zolo liangte pen nidang hun khat lai-in nikhat in haineu khat zong dawn hetlo kha mah ding hiven, cih phawk kha ing. Hoihlo dingin na upmawh na le dante tu mahmah in na khawlzawh lai-in damdam in na khawl ding leh zongsatna (habits) hoih tuamtuam te na zongsat theih nadingin tawntawm in na kisin ding hong deihsak ing.
Tawngno, ‘You are what you repeatedly do.’ cih, hiziau ei!
Hong it,
Na Pa
Columbus, OH
March 11, 2017
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