Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Our grandson asked to be driven back home early today. He seemed not quite himself, but part of it was his expectation dashed. He wanted to see a movie about pirates, and his parents looked it up and it seemed okay, so they brought it over to see after lunch. Of course our grandson wanted early lunch, and was so excited that we ate well before noon and then my husband took him up to see it. But something about the film disturbed him, and I came up and turned it off. Instead we watched Daniel Tiger for an hour, which soothed him, then I suggested we play little critters and after a few minutes he announced he wished to go home. The air quality was so poor today we couldn't take him out for a walk or a scooter ride, or even in the back yard. I think the little fellow was disappointed that, as he said, "I'll see it when I'm older", meaning it scared him. And then he'd been cooped up inside and our options were limited. Expectations are the ruin of many an adult, much less a three year old. It was a good lesson for me. The suffering was caused by the high anticipation followed by a crash. Been there, done that.