Her Mantra

For a few years my long departed granny had one oft repealed saying. I would take her out to do some grocery shopping on the way there she would say in a trembling unsure tones: "Are we doing the right thing?" 'Are we doing the right thing' became her mantra; going to and leaving the theater, before phoning up an old friend of hers, visiting a floral garden - anywhere or any act not in her immediate circle of comfort she would plead: "Are We doing the right thing?" Years later, I often ask myself a similar question and I feel her doubt I understand the importance of questioning. Doing the right thing can be for a wrong reason. Consequences flourish after intentions. When making even a seemingly innocuous decision I smile and recall her foolish words recall also the wisdom threaded through them.