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Reading Tea Boxes |
I've heard of people who read tea leaves, but I'm happier reading tea boxes. It's not as dull as it sounds, since my favorite brand of tea is Celestial Seasonings and most of their boxes contain little quotes of wisdom and inspiration. I liked so many of these quotes that, years ago, I started cutting them out and collecting them. I thought I was the only person who would save quotes from a tea box until I ran across a blog recently with an entry that mentioned clipping Celestial Seasonings quotes - and there were even some "me, too" comments from others below the post. It's good to know that I'm not the only one with a file full of tea box wisdom! The quotes on this page are from my little collection. My favorite is the story of the salt shaker. So often, we hurry through life and don't notice the small, joyful things, like sunlight sparkling on a salt shaker - or quotes on a tea box. -- Nancy |
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One morning I was sitting at my kitchen table. It was one of those windy days when the sun keeps coming out and going in. All of a sudden, a sunbeam crossed the table and lit up my crystal salt shaker. There were all kinds of colors and sparkles. It was one of the most beautiful sights I'd ever seen! But you know, that very same salt shaker had been on that table for over fifty years. Surely there must have been other mornings when the sun crossed the table like that, but I was just too busy getting things done to notice. I couldn't help wondering what else I might have missed. -- Martha McCallum, age 86 |
Would you like to begin the adventure now...or shall we have a cup of tea first? -- J. M. Barrie, "Peter Pan" |
But what is strength without a double share of wisdom? -- John Milton |
Speak to me of serenity, of treasures yet to be found, of peace that flows like a river. Tell me of tranquil places that no hand has marred, no storm has scarred. Give me visions of standing in sunlight or the feeling of spring mist against my cheek. Show me paths that wind through wild lilies and beds of buttercups. Sing me songs like the mingled voices of wrens and meadowlarks, the lowing of gentle cows, the soft mother-call of a mare to her colt. Find me a place in the sunlight to sit and think and listen to the sweet inner voice that says so quietly, 'Peace, be still.' -- Joyce Sequichie Hifler, "A Cherokee Feast of Days" |
He who knows patience knows peace. -- Chinese Proverb |
Re-examine all you have been told, and then dismiss what insults your soul. -- Walt Whitman |
Think not on yesterday, nor trouble borrow On what may be in store for you tomorrow; But let today be your incessant care - The past is past, tomorrow's in the air. Who gives today the best that in him lies Will find the road that leads to clearer skies. -- John Hall |
The difficult is done at once, the impossible takes a little longer. -- Arabian Proverb |
My crown is called content: A crown that seldom kings enjoy. -- William Shakespeare |
Your diamonds are not in far distant mountains or in yonder seas; they are in your own backyard, if you will dig for them. -- Russell H. Conwell |
Take the gentle path. -- George Herbert |
Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future. -- Robert Schuller |
It's not what they take away from you that counts, it's what you do with what you have left. -- Hubert Humphrey |