Well, well, well, somebody missed another blog post. It was me, I did it.
I’m sorry if I left you in suspense. I started a new job this week and my wife is pregnant!
Yes, the tea business doesn’t pay all of our bills, but I’m fortunate enough to now be working for a non-profit art center. Why am I fortunate to have another job? Didn’t I just say my wife is pregnant?
I can’t say that I wanted this job. What I really want is a hot cup of tea and a cool morning with a sunrise that lasts forever. I want a cold beer and a cigarette that won’t give me cancer. I want a million dollars. Alas, the sun will continue to rise, it’s a good thing I quit smoking, and I may one day get that million dollars, just not yet.
So, in the meantime, what I need is a bit of steady income in addition to all of the support we have received from all you lovely toads out there. I’m actually very fortunate that I was able to secure this new role instead of making a return to my past life in corporate America. The nonprofit sector is a challenge of its own, but for now I believe that putting my time and energy into this role will lead to a net positive for myself and my community. If I can’t get what I want, then in the meantime I better make sure that what I spend my time on has value to more than just myself.
What’s fun is that this blog has turned into something that I now want to do. I rather enjoy the little conversations I get to have with empty space and I hope you enjoy reading them. I’d like to keep having them, so I can say with some validity that I want this job. I’ll fill you in after a few weeks and we’ll see if my attitude has changed.
Right, tea blog, valid. I’m supposed to make this about tea… You know tea is like….
Ah, I’ve got it. We all want tea, but we need to figure out how we will be able to buy the tea!
Yes, that’ll do. We all need to recognize that it is probably a good thing that we don’t always get what we want. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve wanted a big hot cup of UP Chai in the evening, but if I did that I’d be awake all night from the caffeine. Fortunately there’s rooibos and chamomile.
I’ve made practice of listening to anecdotes and stories from people older and wiser than myself. A common saying is that once you’ve achieved your goals, you might look back on the hard times you went through with fondness. Huddling together for warmth isn’t ideal, but at least you are closer to the ones nearest to you. So if you have to buckle down and do things you don’t want to do, just stay bumpy my friend, you don’t even know what you’ll one day be missing, and we still need to buy tea.
Enjoy a picture I took of a titmouse who snuck a peanut.