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Mona Simpson munyori uye purofesa weChirungu paYunivhesiti yeCalifornia. Akapa hurukuro iyi nezve mukoma wake, Steve Jobs, muna Gumiguru 16 pamusangano wekurangarira kuchechi yeStanford University.

Ndakakura ndiri ndega mwana ane single mother. Takanga tiri varombo, uye sezvo ndaiziva kuti baba vangu vakanga vatama vachibva kuSyria, ndakavafungidzira saOmar Sharif. Ndaitarisira kuti akanga akapfuma uye ane mutsa, kuti aizouya muupenyu hwedu uye kutibatsira. Mushure mekunge ndasangana nababa vangu, ndakaedza kutenda kuti vakachinja nhamba dzavo dzerunhare uye vasina kusiya kero nekuti vaive munhu aifarira zvechimurenga aibatsira kuumba nyika itsva yechiArab.

Kunyange zvazvo ndiri munhu anotsigira zvechikadzi, ndave ndakamirira kweupenyu hwangu hwose murume wandingada uye aizondida. Kwemakore akawanda ndaifunga kuti vangava baba vangu. Pamakore makumi maviri namashanu ndakasangana nemurume akadaro - aiva mukoma wangu.

Panguva iyoyo, ndaigara kuNew York, kwandaiedza kunyora bhuku rangu rekutanga. Ndakashandira magazini diki, ndakagara muhofisi diki nevamwe vatatu vaitsvaga basa. Apo rimwe gweta rakandidana rimwe zuva—ini, mumwe musikana wepakati peCalifornia ndichikumbira mukuru wangu kubhadhara inishuwarenzi youtano—uye akati akanga ane mutengi ane mukurumbira uye akapfuma uyo kwakaitika kuva munun’una wangu, vapepeti pwere vakaita godo. Gweta rakaramba kundiudza zita rehama, saka vamwe vangu vakatanga kufungidzira. Zita rokuti John Travolta raitaurwa kakawanda. Asi ndaitarisira mumwe munhu akaita saHenry James—mumwe munhu ane tarenda kundipfuura, ane chipo chomuzvarirwo.

Pandakasangana naSteve aive murume wechiArab kana wechiJuda aipfeka jini zvezera rangu. Aive akanaka kupfuura Omar Sharif. Takafamba rwendo rurefu, uye takangofarirana tese. Handichayeuke zvakawanda zvatakataurirana zuva rekutanga. Ndinoyeuka kuti ndainzwa kuti ndiye wandaizosarudza seshamwari yangu. Akandiudza kuti aipinda mumacomputer. Ndaisaziva zvakawanda nezvemakombiyuta, ndakanga ndichiri kunyora netapureta. Ndakaudza Steve kuti ndanga ndichifunga kutenga komputa yangu yekutanga. Steve akandiudza kuti chaive chinhu chakanaka kuti ndimirire. Anonzi ari kushanda pane chimwe chinhu chikuru zvikuru.

Ndinoda kukuudza zvinhu zvishoma zvandakadzidza kubva kuna Steve mumakore 27 andakamuziva. Inenge nguva nhatu, nguva nhatu dzehupenyu. Hupenyu hwake hwose. Kurwara kwake. Kufa kwake.

Steve akashanda zvaaida. Akashanda nesimba, zuva nezuva. Zvinonzwika zviri nyore, asi ndezvechokwadi. Akanga asinganyari kushanda nesimba kudaro, kunyange paaiva asiri kuita zvakanaka. Kana munhu akangwara saSteve aisanyara kubvuma kukundikana, pamwe neniwo ndaisafanira.

Paakadzingwa paApple, zvairwadza zvikuru. Akandiudza nezvechisvusvuro nemutungamiri wenguva yemberi uko vatungamiriri mazana mashanu veSilicon Valley vakakokwa uye kwaasina kukokwa. Zvakamurwadza asi akazoenda kubasa kuNext. Akaramba achishanda mazuva ose.

Kukosha kukuru kuna Steve kwaisava hunyanzvi, asi runako. Kune mutsva, Steve aive akavimbika zvakanyanya. Kana aifarira T-shirt imwe chete, aihodha 10 kana kuti 100. Mumba muPalo Alto makanga mune turtlenecks nhema dzakawanda zvokuti zvimwe dzaikwana munhu wose muchechi. Akanga asingafariri mafambiro kana mafambiro azvino. Aida vanhu vezera rake.

Huzivi hwake hwekunaka hunondiyeuchidza chimwe chezvaakataura, zvakaenda seizvi: “Fashoni ndiyo inoita seyakanaka iye zvino asi gare gare yakashata; art inogona kunge yakashata pakutanga, asi gare gare inova yakanaka. "

Steve aigara achienda kune vekupedzisira. Akanga asina basa nokusanzwisiswa.

PaNeXT, kwaaive nechikwata chake vachigadzira chinyararire chikuva chaigona kunyorerwa naTim Berners-Lee chirongwa cheWorld Wide Web, aigara achityaira mota imwechete yemitambo nhema. Akaitenga kechitatu kana kechina.

Steve aigara achitaura nezverudo, izvo zvaive zvakakosha kwaari. Aikosha kwaari. Aifarira uye aine hanya nehupenyu hwerudo hwevaaishanda navo. Paakangosangana nemurume waaifunga kuti ndingada, akabva angobvunza kuti: "Uri single? Unoda kuenda kunodya nasisi vangu here?"

Ndinoyeuka achifona zuva raakasangana naLauren. "Pane mukadzi akanaka, akangwara, ane imbwa yakadaro, ndichamuroora rimwe zuva."

Pakazvarwa Reed, akawedzera kushushikana. Akanga aripo kune mumwe nomumwe wevana vake. Akashamisika nezvemukomana waLisa, nezvekufamba kwaErin uye kureba kwemapendero ake, nezvekuchengetedzwa kwaEva pamabhiza aainamata zvikuru. Hapana mumwe wedu akaenda kuGraduation yaReed achazombokanganwa kutamba kwavo kunononoka.

Kuda kwake Lauren hakuna kumbomira. Aidavira kuti rudo runoitika kwose kwose uye nguva dzose. Kunyanya kukosha, Steve haana kumbobvira aita manyemwe, anotsoropodza kana kusava netariro. Izvi ndizvo zvandichiri kuedza kudzidza kubva kwaari.

Steve akabudirira achiri mudiki uye aifunga kuti zvaimuparadzanisa. Zvizhinji zvesarudzo dzaakaita panguva yandaimuziva aiedza kuputsa madziro iwayo akamupoteredza. Mutaundi anobva kuLos Altos anodanana nemutaundi anobva kuNew Jersey. Dzidzo yevana vavo yakanga yakakosha kune vose vari vaviri, vaida kurera Lisa, Reed, Erin naEvha sevana vakanaka. Mumba mavo maive musina kuzara zveunyanzvi kana matinji. Mumakore ekutanga, vaiwanzova nezvokudya zviri nyore chete. Imwe mhando yemuriwo. Paive nemuriwo wakawanda, asi mhando imwe chete. Kufanana ne broccoli.

Kunyangwe semillionaire, Steve ainditora kuairport nguva dzese. Aive akamira apa akapfeka jean.

Kana mumwe wemumhuri aimufonera kubasa, secretary wake Linneta aibva adaira: “Baba vako vari kumusangano. Ndomuvhiringa here?"

Vakangofunga kugadzirisa imba yekubikira. Zvakatora makore. Vaibikira pachitofu chetafura mugaraji. Kunyange chivako chePixar, icho chakanga chiri kuvakwa panguva imwe chete, chakapedzwa muhafu yenguva. Yakadaro imba muPalo Alto. Dzimba dzekugezera dzakaramba dzakasakara. Zvakadaro, Steve akaziva kuti yaive imba yakanaka kutanga nayo.

Zvisinei, izvi hazvirevi kuti haana kubudirira. Ainakidzwa nazvo, zvakanyanya. Akandiudza kuti aida sei kuuya kuchitoro chebhasikoro muPalo Alto uye nemufaro achiziva kuti aigona kutenga bhasikoro rakanakisa ipapo. Uye akaita saizvozvo.

Steve akanga akazvininipisa, aigara achida kudzidza. Akambondiudza kuti dai akanga akura zvakasiyana, angadai akave nyanzvi yemasvomhu. Akataura zvine ruremekedzo nezvemayunivhesiti, madiro aaiita kufamba achitenderedza kambasi yeStanford.

Mugore rekupedzisira rehupenyu hwake, akadzidza bhuku remifananidzo naMark Rothko, muimbi waaisaziva kare, uye akafunga nezve izvo zvingakurudzira vanhu pamadziro emangwana eApple's campus.

Steve aifarira chose. Ndeupi mumwe CEO aiziva nhoroondo yeChirungu neChinese tea roses uye aive neanofarira rose raDavid Austin?

Akaramba akaviga mashura muhomwe. Ndinotya kuti Laurene achiri kuwana izvi zvinoshamisa - nziyo dzaaida uye nhetembo dzaakacheka - kunyangwe mushure memakore makumi maviri ewanano yepedyo. Steve aive nemafaro akawanda nevana vake vana, mukadzi wake, tese. Aikoshesa mufaro.

Steve akabva atanga kurwara tichibva taona hupenyu hwake huchidzika kuita denderedzwa diki. Aida kufamba famba Paris. Aida kutamba mutserendende. Akasvebera zvake. Zvose zvaenda. Kunyangwe mafaro akajairika sepichisi rakanaka akange asisamufarire. Asi chakanyanya kundishamisa pakurwara kwaaive aita ndechekuti aive asara nemarii mushure mekurasikirwa kwaaive aita.

Ndinoyeuka mukoma wangu achidzidzira kufamba zvakare, aine chigaro. Mushure mekuisirwa chiropa, akasimuka nemakumbo akange asisagone kana kumutsigira akabata chigaro nemaoko. Nechigaro chiya, akafamba achidzika nemukoridho wechipatara cheMemphis achienda kukamuri revanamukoti, akagara ipapo, akazorora kwechinguva, ndokuzofamba achidzokera. Akaverenga nhanho dzake ndokuwedzera zvishoma zuva rimwe nerimwe.

Laurene akamukurudzira: "Unogona kuzviita, Steve."

Panguva yairwadza iyi, ndakaona kuti akanga asiri kutambura iye pachake. Akanga ane zvinangwa zvake zvakagadzirirwa: mwanakomana wake Reed kupedza chikoro, rwendo rwaErin kuenda kuKyoto, uye kuendeswa kwechikepe chaaishanda uye akaronga kufamba nenyika yose nemhuri yake, kwaaitarisira kupedza hupenyu hwake hwose naLaurene. nerimwe zuva.

Pasinei nokurwara kwake, akachengeta kuravira kwake uye kufunga kwake. Akapfuura nemanesi makumi matanhatu nemanomwe kusvika awana shamwari dzake dzemweya uye vatatu vakagara naye kusvika kumagumo: Tracy, Arturo naElham.

Pane imwe nguva, Steve paakava nechirwere chakashata chepneumonia, chiremba akamurambidza chinhu chiri chose, kunyange aizi. Akanga akarara muimba yevanorwara zvakanyanya. Kunyange zvazvo aisawanzoita izvi, akabvuma kuti aida kubatwa zvakanaka panguva ino. Ndakamuudza kuti: "Steve, ichi chiitiko chakakosha." Akandizembera ndokuti: "Ndinoda kuti zvive zvakakosha zvishoma."

Paaitadza kutaura akabva akumbira kapepa kake. Akanga achigadzira iPad inobata mumubhedha wechipatara. Akagadzira michina mitsva yekutarisa uye x-ray michina. Akapendazve imba yake yemuchipatara, yaaisafarira zvakanyanya. Uye pese paipinda mudzimai wake mumba, aive nenyemwerero pachiso chake. Iwe wakanyora zvinhu zvikuru chaizvo mupedhi. Aida kuti tisateerere vanachiremba tomupa kanenge chidimbu chechando.

Steve paakanga ari nani, akaedza, kunyangwe mukati megore rake rekupedzisira, kuzadzisa zvipikirwa zvese nemapurojekiti paApple. Shure muNetherlands, vashandi vakanga vachigadzirira kuisa huni pamusoro pesimbi yakaisvonaka ndokupedza kuvaka ngarava yake. Vanasikana vake vatatu vanoramba vasina kuroora, iye achishuva kuti dai aizovatungamirira kudzika nomukoto sezvaakambonditungamirira. Tose tinopedzisira tafira pakati penyaya. Pakati penyaya dzakawanda.

Ndinofunga kuti hazvina kunaka kuti tifonere rufu rwemunhu agara negomarara kwemakore akati wandei asingatarisirwi, asi kufa kwaSteve takanga tisingatarisiri. Ndakadzidza kubva pakufa kwemukoma wangu kuti chinhu chinonyanya kukosha hunhu: akafa sezvaaive.

Akandifonera Chipiri mangwanani, aida kuti ndiuye kuPalo Alto nekukurumidza. Inzwi rake rainzwika romutsa uye rinotapira, asiwo sokunge akanga atotakura mabhegi ake uye akanga agadzirira kuenda, kunyange zvazvo akanga ane urombo zvikuru kutisiya.

Paakatanga kutaura zvakanaka ndakabva ndamumisa. "Mira ndave kuenda. Ndakagara mutekisi ndakananga kuairport," Ndati. "Ndiri kukuudza izvozvi nekuti ndinotya kuti hauzozviita nenguva," akapindura.

Ndichisvika aitotamba hake nemukadzi wake. Akabva atarisa mumaziso evana vake akatadza kuzvibvarura. Dzakazoti dzave kuma2 masikati ndipo pakazokwanisa kuti mudzimai wake ataure naSteve kuti ataure neshamwari dzake dzaibva kuApple. Ipapo zvakava pachena kuti aisazova nesu kwenguva refu.

Kufema kwake kwakashanduka. Aishanda nesimba uye nemaune. Ndakanzwa kuti akanga ava kuverengazve nhanho dzake, akanga achiedza kufamba kupfuura kare. Ndakafunga kuti aishandawo pane izvi. Rufu haana kusangana naSteve, akaruwana.

Paakaonekana akandiudza kuti aizvidemba sei kuti taisazokwanisa kuchembera pamwe chete sezvataironga nguva dzose, asi kuti akanga ava kuenda kunzvimbo iri nani.

Dr. Fischer vakamupa mukana wemakumi mashanu kubva muzana wekupona husiku. Akamugona. Laurene akapedza usiku hwose ari padivi pake, achimuka pose paimbomira kufema. Takatarisana tese, akangotura befu ndokufemera mukati zvakare.

Kunyangwe panguva ino, akachengetedza hunyoro hwake, hunhu hwerudo uye absolutist. Kufema kwake kwairatidza rwendo rwakaoma, rwendo rwokunamata. Zvairatidza kuti akanga achikwira.

Asi kunze kwekuda kwake, kuzvipira kwebasa rake, chaishamisa pamusoro pake ndechekuti aikwanisa sei kufara pamusoro pezvinhu, semuongorori anovimba nepfungwa yake. Izvozvo zvakagara naSteve kwenguva refu

Asati aenda zvachose, akatarisa hanzvadzi yake Patty, ndokutarisa vana vake kwenguva refu, akazotarisa waaigara naye, Lauren, ndokutarira kure kure navo.

Mazwi aSteve ekupedzisira aive:

OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.

Kunobva: NYTimes.com

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