Tea Time

I've been thinking about tea a lot lately. I have always wanted to learn more about tea. I mean... well really learning anything at all would be more than I currently know. What I do know is that when I take the time to enjoy a cup... like really take the time... ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

For a long time I've had a paragraph printed out from Tara Bennett-Goleman's book Emotional Alchemy. I don't remember where I got it, who gave it to me, or why. All I know is I have had it for a long time, for awhile it was even framed and hung on the wall. It's not even a nice print or visually appealing in any way. It does however speak to "tea mind," awareness, simplicity, and subtlety.

Here's a brief excerpt: "In the tearoom no one wears a watch. You forget about time as you settle into the present moment. There's nothing to discuss except what pertains directly to the tea experience at hand. There is nowhere else to be but the present."

I think I've held onto it all this time because I always wanted that feeling, I wanted to cultivate the qualities inspired by tea. All this wanting and not enough doing... how hard is it to sit down and have a cup?