I’m drinking tea. But before I start, I smell it. The aroma shocks me. I’m surprised, taken aback. I stand up to find the small package the tea bag was in. It’s in the garbage bin and without thinking I search through it.
When I started to make tea I wanted peppermint tea, but my box was empty. So I took out the free- coupon-tea I received somewhere somehow and decided to try it. Even though it was green tea and I wasn’t in the mood for green tea, I wanted to try it. And because it was green tea I threw in two spoons of sugar (I normally drink one spoonful). I find the empty package and read the label. “Green Tea Tchae Orient”. And there’s a little frog on it saying that it is rain forest certified. Well, well… my good deed for the day, I thought. Rain forest certified! Can you imagine that! I turn back to the aroma, after washing my hands, off course.
I smell berries, no… spices. Spiced berries? No…peppermint! Yes, no, yes or no? Or was it just the fact that I really wanted peppermint that I smelled it? But I love the smell with or without peppermint. I taste my new intrigue. Spice… definitely a burning sense, taste and smell of spice. A rich, burning, wonderful sensation meets my tongue. Everything is perfect… except for one thing… my tea is cold. With all my wondering about and exploring the package and thinking and enjoying the smell, I let the tea go cold. O well to the microwave with you... rain forest certified!
And while I smelled my way through the tea I thought about life (And this is maybe where the time went). I wanted something, couldn’t get it and received something else. But in the end it was something new, something out-of-the-ordinary and wrapped up in a nice package. I used it, tried it with no expectations. And I got a bountiful of words and tastes in my mouth. I got a lot more than I ever imagined. Life is sometimes like that. May your 2012 be awarded for all the risks you take!
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