Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I reluctantly attended a meeting about a gala I'm helping with, for a very good cause and I was feeling guilty I hadn't done anything since the meeting before, but at the end, the facilitator of the meeting praised me for my ideas, and said I think outside the box and that was just what the group needed.  His kind words energized me, and I'm going to follow up on my goals today and for the next week.  He inspired me.  He began the meeting with a meditation, and that reminded me that yesterday when I was reading to my grandson, preparatory to his nap, is was arranging pillows and I asked what he was doing.  "Making a nest" he replied.  He had pillows all around himself and his two stuffed birds in the middle.  He adores birds and trees.  And speaking of getting him to sleep, what I do is turn out the reading light and close my eyes, snuggle next to him, and breathe deeply, slowly and loudly.  It works!  A kind of toddler meditation.