Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I heard an encouraging report a couple of days ago of a friend who had a stroke and was in rehab was now home with her family.  My friend and her husband had visited her and she was so happy to be home.  I was especially happy to hear this person had been able to be at her daughter's wedding for half and hour, instead of missing it entirely.  And then this morning news that the mayor of San Francisco died last night.  He was shopping with his wife at a Safeway and had a heart attack, and the hospital couldn't save him.  He was younger by seven years than my friend who had the stroke.  Randomness is the X factor in outcomes.  We never know what will happen.  Who is saved and who is lost - a mystery.  It reminds us to live every day as if it might be our last.  And to be grateful for small mercies and large miracles, when they occur.