Wandering Along the Path: Right Speech

I ate outside on the patio of a cafe with a friend today. My first venture into outside seating and her third. We took our time eating and it felt so luxiorious. Then we shopped (masks on) at two stores and after I dropped her off and went to a bookstore and got the next three books in a series that my granddaughter loves, and then mailed them to her at the post office. From eight thirty am I was babysitting my youngest grandson while my daughter was interviewed for a teaching job. So I've had a full day, and accomplished some things. Seeing friends again has been great, and we've all had our struggles and come through pretty well. We've all had families to support us, and we've telephoned, texted and sent cards to each other to keep up our spirits. We've all lost people close to us, so we understand each other, and we listen. What a gift that listening is. I'm grateful for it and do my best to be a good listener myself. These days I have nothing urgent to impart. I'd rather discover new details of my friends' lives so I can know them better.