"We are not human beings
trying to be spiritual.
We are spiritual beings
trying to be human"
-Jacquelyn Small

The Giving Tea

This holiday season how about a giving tea.A tea from the heart that honors a loved one, celebrates a friendship or joins members of the community for gifts of humanity

Tea For Two - tea for two can be a gift of time.  Friends or family meeting for tea.  A mother and daughter, father and son, two cousins, two friends. At a favorite tearoom or in someone's home.  The place doesn't matter. The time you spend when you get there does. It could be an hour but try to make it more. After all it has probably been some time since you have been together. Life gets busy.

Humani-TEA at Home - invite your children for tea on a snowy
afternoon. No school. It's been a while since you sat and talked, sipped hot cocoa and baked cookies in your pajamas. If it's a blustery day bundle up and make a snow man. I'll bring the carrots if you find a hat, how about Dad's red scarf from the closet. Let the dogs run around too. Give them a biscuit.  Come inside and cuddle by the fire.  Read a bunch of books about anything.

Tea for Humanity - Pick a cause. Something you believe in. So many to choose from I know. Pick one this year and another next year. Who knows how many lives you can touch in your lifetime.  Pick a theme. Plan the menu. Call local business for donations because you care. Tell them a story in your own words. Be open, truthful and gracious and don't be afraid. Carry on and before you know it you'll have everything you need. Sometimes you won't have to even ask. Invite the guests. Post a flyer and wait to see who comes. The guests may surprise you. Honor your guests.  Decorate the room. Serve the tea. Play soft music. Say a little prayer regardless of your religion. Say a little speech. Say it from the heart. Have fun. Enjoy the guests and thank them for coming. As they are leaving look at their faces and realize that you gave more than you got. And you got a lot. And everybody feels full of the kinds of things you can't buy, even the "Day After" in the "Bargain of the Year Bin". And best of all, the feeling always fits, it never gets old, it comes in every color, can be warn any season, and it never goes away.

Please share your stories of Humani-Tea with us
 at info@teatimeworldwide.com.