Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I wrote a review online for my friend's book.  So I was carefully selecting what I hoped was right speech.  I also wanted what I wrote to interest the reader and convey the tone of the book:  gentle and kindly and comforting.  Anyway, I have attempted to aid my friend in her quest for more readers of her book.  It feels great to be supporting a friend in this way.  I feel the network of beings to which I am connected, and it's a parachute that floats me in comforting happiness.  When we do things for others we so often benefit, perhaps more even, ourselves.

I'm praying for the people of Nepal and sending monetary relief.  What words?  There are none.  I hope there are many actions taken, for that is what is needed right now.  Food, shelter, medical help, transportation.  They are what needs to speak now about our concern for the Nepalese.  And we know in the turn of an instant, such devastation can visit us as well.  No one is immune to nature's moods and shifts.  We wait ourselves for the Big One. 

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