Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

The garden my friend and I wandered through yesterday was begun by a woman at age 61.  We both loved that fact!  One is never too old to begin a project or indulge in a passion.  Of course, sky diving is out for me and maybe ziplining.  But there are so many enthusiasms I have, and sharing them is a delightful prospect.  The garden woman loved succulents, and after her many kids grew up she began a project that turned into a pleasurable sanctuary for the public.  I love to read about a seventy something who has just published her first book, or say, Lillian Carter going into the Peace Corps in her seventies and then working with Mother Teresa.  I have two friends in Colorado who did just that for a three month period in their seventies, and the experience transformed their lives.  There is a famous wealthy woman in San Francisco who raised many kids, enjoyed the high society of that city, then gave it all up to become a nun with an order that has a vow of silence.  There are still many possibilities out there in the world for us.