Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

We drove to a nearby reservoir this morning and walked with our daughter and her two bungle butts. It was drizzling, but we saw many pelicans, a blue heron, a white large egret, juncos, and other birds like coots. We took the kids on the fishing pier, where we were close up and personal with the birds, including the blue heron driving away the egret. It was good to get a few miles away from home. When we returned another outdoor bell, a big red one, I'd ordered arrived. I hung it up out back, and love it, as well as the green bells dangling on the apple tree. Wednesday was a horror, except for Georgia, but I see most of these protesters as deluded by false information and a poor education. Everyone has rage they can stoke if they try, but adults don't see anyone else as a savior. Adults need to do the hard work of looking for multiple sources of information and weighing them against facts. They cannot follow anyone. They have to take responsibility for themselves. I know, it can feel lonely and difficult, but we all need to occasionally look inside ourselves, see our patterns, our wounds and make sure we are not reacting but responding in a measured way, so we don't harm ourselves or others. Actions have consequences, they should not be impulsive. A mob has no dignity and no accountability, and that is the stance of children, not adults. Adult life is complicated and consists of large gray areas with very little black or white. To not see the gray is childish; a retreat from adult responsibility.