Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

Here we are in the jungle of people who won't mask, people who let their children run around playgrounds without masks, and people who's thoughts I can't fathom, and me, who is constantly surprised by human behavior. Yesterday my grandsons had to stop playing on a slide because other children we're masked, climbed UP the slide and encountered them, and didn't seem to understand about taking turns. We decamped and ended up in a woodsy part of the park, where we were safer. I'm not judging, in a way, I just really can't figure out how we go out in public safely. Our 1 year old grandson is too young to wear a mask, so we have to keep him away from everyone, which is difficult enough, and the four and five year olds get herded around by us like buffalo on the prairie. It's a strange time for everyone, and people are so anxious they are behaving in all kinds of ways impossible to predict. I've said before I feel jumpy, so I also have this covid madness. Hopefully, it will fade, and we will become more self aware and thoughtful. As Buddhists like to advise: be responsive not reactive. I'm working on that for myself.