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Lin Yutang - There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Dot com Welcome to the Daily Quote, a podcast designed to
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  kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host Anna McGivern for December 15th.
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  Today is International Tea Day, a global celebration of the
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  world's most consumed beverage after water that is.
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  Tea has been cultivated for over 5000 years, originating in China
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  and eventually spreading across the world through trade routes
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  and colonization. Tea has grown in more than 50
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  countries and consumed in virtually every culture on
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  earth. Whether it's green tea in Japan,
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  Chai in India, mint tea in Morocco, or English breakfast in
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  Britain, tea crosses all borders.
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  But tea is more than a drink. It's a ceremony in Japan.
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  It's hospitality in the Middle East.
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  It's a pause button in Britain. Across cultures, tea creates a
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  moment to stop, breathe and connect with yourself, with
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  others and the present moment. And that brings us to today's
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  quote from Chinese philosopher and inventor Yin Yuteng, who
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  captured tea's deeper purpose when he wrote.
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  There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a
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  world of quiet contemplation of life.
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  Yuteng understood that tea does something unique.
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  Coffee energizes, Alcohol loosens.
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  But tea? Tea quiets.
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  Making tea requires patience. You boil water, you steep
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  leaves, you wait. In a world of instant everything
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  tea demands you slow down. Then when you finally drink it,
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  the warmth, the ritual, the flavor, they all encourage
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  contemplation. Tea creates space for thought.
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  Not anxious, racing thought. Quiet contemplation.
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  The kind where you notice things, where problems seem
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  smaller, where clarity emerges. Every culture understands this.
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  The Japanese tea ceremony isn't about the tea.
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  It's about presence, mindfulness, awareness.
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  British afternoon tea isn't about hunger.
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  It's about creating a civilized pause in the day.
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  Moroccan mint tea isn't about refreshment.
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  It's about welcoming strangers and making them family.
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  Tea and its nature slows us down and asks us to pay attention to
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  life while we're living it. So today, go make tea, not
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  coffee. You're not in that much of A
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  rush. Drink tea.
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  Boil the water chews your leaves, steep them properly.
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  Then sit down and drink it without your phone, without
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  distractions, without multitasking.
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  Let the tea do what you Tang says.
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  It does lead you into quiet contemplation.
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  Think about your life, not anxiously, quietly.
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  What matters, what doesn't, what needs attention, what needs to
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  be released. Give yourself that gift.
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  Tea isn't just a beverage, it's a doorway to presence.
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  And that's going to do it for today.
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  I'm Anna McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.