drink your tea

by earthmama101 on July 22, 2010

Drink your tea slowly and reverently,

as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves

- slowly, evenly, without rushing toward the future;

Live the actual moment.

Only this moment is life.

~poem by Thich Nhat Hahn: Drink Your Tea

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