Yogi Tea Strikes Again

If you've read this blog more than 3 times you have probably read about my fascination with Yogi Tea. Each tea bag tag has a little quote on it. Little letters of guidance. So mine this afternoon says:

The only tool you need is kindness.

This coming after I complained a fair amount to my Dad. I did a little down-talking to myself after I dropped off my photos to be considered for an art show here. And I read the quote as I brewed the DETOX tea for my afternoon sip. I was thinking that I needed to "detox" the negativity that was building inside. My hand is swollen from "over doing it" and aggravating the lymph edema (side effect of my surgery). I waited until the last minute to get my photos framed and ready for the gallery drop off. My shortcomings were being dragged into the spotlight one at a time and then en mass. There was a little cocktail of me being bitchy and me berating myself. Not such a good cocktail frankly.

So the Detox tea seemed fitting. Get it all out of my system. And then the little tea bag fortune or quote of the day. I read it and scoffed. "Yeah right". But the thought stayed in my head and came around a few times and then I saw the truth in it. Kindness is a usefull tool. I should use it on myself and in the world I walk through daily. Seems like there is always room for more of it. Of course, I have to add the caveat, everything in moderation.