Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We saw the documentary "Jane" yesterday.  It was fascinating and heartbreaking.  In the end, a la the butterfly theory, you feel Goodall's presence altered what she observed about the chimpanzees.  Her great service has been to attempt to protect their habitat and save them from extinction.  And that goal she has been tirelessly working towards for twenty or thirty years.  And she was honest about her disappointment in some of the ways chimps and humans are alike.  The footage, lost for decades, was amazing.  The chimps are distinctive and as complex as we are.  And like us, they are often at the mercy of instinct instead of thoughtful choice.  But they are as capable of love and cruelty as we are.  I was touched by the story of the chimp group, and also by Goodall's story.