Scott brought home a tin of green tea the other day, a gift from a co-worker who had recently been to China to visit his family there. He also recieved a little hanging ornament. He gave me the tea, and explained that he had left the ornament at work so he could have his friend explain the meaning of the Chinese characters that were inscribed on the ornament. We all marvelled at the tea: we had never experienced REAL tea before--it is literally a tin full of green leaves. I'm not in any way equipped to enjoy "real" tea, so we did our best with boiling water and a strainer. The taste was simple and earthy, very different from the snazzy Western teas that proliferate our tea basket. Maybe because of it's unusual origin I detected (or projected?) exotic Far Eastern undertones..... It was an experience, and always a pleasure to enjoy an unexpected gift from a far away place.
In one of my new library books I read a quote from John F. Kennedy:
"When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two characters. One represents danger, and the other represents opportunity."
Scott brought the ornament back the next day and hung it on a hook in the kitchen. "It says, may peace always protect and reign in this house."
Wow, thanks God, Amen.
1 comment:
And a big amen from grammy!!!
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