my tea is changing my life

i've been drinking green tea at work instead of coffee for the past few weeks.  i love it - it tastes good and has the double benefit of making me feel like i'm doing something good for myself.  plus the coffee at the office is REVOLTING so it's not exactly a sacrifice to switch to tea.

however, that's not the part that's life changing.   we have celestial seasonings tea at work, and you may know that each tea bag is attached to a little string with a little tag (to facilitate the fishing-out of said tea bag from your mug after steeping), and the little tags are all printed with pithy sayings.  well this week i had two different tea bags that spoke directly to me.

the first:

"great minds have purposes, others have wishes." - washington irving

the timing of this was so interesting - it coincided with another blogger's post about living with intention- and it really made me think.  in regard to these two issues that i'm considering in this blog - do i simply WISH to lose weight, and to be in control of my finances?  or am i PURPOSING to change these parts of my life? 

it's so easy to wish for things to change- to daydream about a different way of living, to fantasize about what it would be like to be skinny and rich...  but it's a different thing entirely to WORK for change.  to make conscious, intentional choices, to keep your ultimate goals in mind despite the infinite number of desires and opporutnities that would derail you.  it's a whole new kind of discipline- reining in your impulses in deference to the higher good.   so i've been thinking about that a lot, and trying to be more thoughtful and intentional in ALL areas of my life, not just these two.


tea bag inspiration #2:

"who, being loved, is poor?" - oscar wilde

isn't that true?  a reminder to not just consider wealth in terms of the balance of my checking account - but to remember and be grateful for the many people who fill my life with love, hope, and happiness.  there are many rich but lonely people in the world, and i wouldn't change places with them.


i count you among those people, dear readers.  thanks for cheering me on!