Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

My friend and I met at my favorite plant nursery today, and share a cart as we admired the plants and picked some to take home. I found two tiny succulents that look like worms for two of my grandsons, and also selected primroses, pansies, and a couple of plants that just caught my fancy. In line to pay, I discovered tiny watering cans in bright colors and got 3 for 3 of the grandsons. I had a conversation with the lady behind me about how many grandchildren I had, where I'd gotten my covid mask, and other perfectly normal interacctions I used to have daily before the pandemic. It felt great, even masked and distanced. I loved strolling through the vast nursery with my friend, but that serendipidous conversation with a stranger was somehow better still. Everyone was wearing a mask, everyone distanced themselves, but there was sense of relief and hopefulness everywhere. We're all happy about the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, the generic that India is vaccinating with, the sense that schools will begin again, and the feeling that more and more people we encounter will be vaccinated. It's a sunny day and I have a sunny disposition today.