Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I love serendipity!  Yesterday I walked over to pick up my new glasses, and the woman who helped me had my same name and though much younger than I has the same eye disease I have.  We talked about that, about her being from an immigrant family, the sense that she has of being hassled at airports, and what we have experienced about this new tone in the country.  She got cancer as a teenager and has had radiation and chemo multiple times, which caused her eye problems.  She was diagnosed with the disease at 32.  Yet she is fully alive and crackling with positive energy.  We parted promising to pray for each other and our families.  We hugged.  The connection was swift but bone deep.  And last night I prayed for her.  Such a wonderful spirit should flourish.  When I first saw her I would never have thought we had anything in common:  she's the age of my children, different background, education, and life.  But we clicked instantly.  Proof that if you remain open to the world gifts abound.