Life is like a cup of tea

When we are drinking and enjoying tea, we are cleansing our mind and body. This helps to rid us of impatience and irritability. The process of drinking tea can lead to peace of mind.

As we sit in a room sipping tea and watching the tea leaves swirling in our cups, we should practice mindfulness and reflect that life is just like drinking and enjoying a cup of tea.

Drinking tea involve two processes, namely, tea leaves sinking down and drifting afloat in a cup of water.

People who drink tea normally do two actions: lifting the cup to drink and putting the cup down after drinking.

Hence, we should accept life for what it has to offer. Whether life offers us great or little things, we need to accept graciously what is offered. There is no point in us chasing after the ideal or what we deem as good.

Whether life offers us sweet or bland things, ultimately, what difference does it make? We should just sit back, relax and enjoy whatever life has to offer, be it bitterness, sweetness or blandness.

Just go with the flow of things. We do not have to take life too seriously. Treat whatever we are going through with a smile, for everything will come to pass.

Pain comes from taking things too seriously. We will feel happier if we take things lightly, especially when we are suspicious or feel hurt.

Life is like sipping a cup of tea; at the first mouthful, we feel that it tastes bitter but subsequently it becomes sweet and then finally after we swallow the tea, it becomes a memory.

When we sip a small mouthful, we let the bittersweet taste spread out and fill our mouth and throat with its bittersweet taste. Taking a deep breath, let the remnants of tea fragrance fill our lungs. We allow it to remove all our physical and mental exhaustion.

How good can it be if we imagine that the rain is drizzling outside in the night sky and we are seated in a warm and cosy room with a cup of tea by our sides and reading a book.

In the silence of the night, the fragrance of our tea fills the entire room.

The tea in our cup gets richer as it soaks longer in the cup.

Life is like enjoying a good cup of tea and we should not do things against our integrity. Every year, every season, every day, we should live our lives to the fullest!


【人生如茶】

喝茶，喝的是一种心境，感觉身心被净化，滤去浮躁，沉淀下的是深思。

茶是对春天记忆的收藏，在任何一季里饮茶，都可以感受到春日那慵懒的阳光。坐在一个人的房间，倒上一杯茶，看着茶叶的翻卷，也常会生出好多感慨：人生如茶。

茶只有两种姿态：沉，浮。饮茶人两种姿势：拿起，放下。沉时坦然，浮时淡然，人生不过一杯茶。

满也好，少也好，争个什么?浓也好，淡也好，自有味道。急也好，缓也好，那又如何?暖也
好，冷也好，相视一笑。

人生，因为在乎，所以痛苦。因为怀疑，所以伤害。因为看轻，所以快乐。因为看淡，所以幸福。

生活就像品茶，头苦，二甜，三回味…

人生发展也不过如此。如是，爱喝茶，说随心性也好，说附庸风雅也罢，

呷一小口茶，任清清浅浅的苦涩在舌间荡漾开来，充溢齿喉。之后，深吸一口气，余香满唇，在肺腑间蔓延开来，涤尽一切的疲惫冷漠。

有一种场景总让人不胜神往：窗外潺潺的雨夜，屋内融融的炉火，闲闲地一捧香茗，一卷诗书。红袖添香的意境，不亦乐乎哉!

是夜，茶香满室，杯中茶由淡变浓，浮浮沉沉，聚聚散散，苦涩清香中慢慢感悟：人生如茶。做一个静静的喝茶人，不违背自己的初心，每一年，每一个季节，每一天，都过成自己想要的样子。

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