tea wisdom

Yesterday when I got home from work, there was a pile of mail waiting for me on my desk, I shuffled through it absentmindedly (I'm not too excited to find another bill), but in the stack today was a large Fed Ex envelope. I pulled this one out and took a closer look.

It's our Itinerary!!

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Only after making a cup of tea and curling up comfortably on the couch, did i allow myself to open the envelope. For me this is travel foreplay, almost as good as being there. Oh my god! here are all the dates and flights and places we'll be, Paris, Johannesburg, Victoria Falls, Kasane, Botswana, Zimbabwe, tented camps on the Zambezi. Fantastic places, descriptions beyond my imagination.

Reading through once quickly and then going back to take more time, I know I'll probably read this a hundred times before we leave. I see on the cover letter that the company we booked with has written how important it is to pack lightly. We are only allowed 33 pounds on the charter aircraft(plus camera gear), we'll being flying into 2 of the camps we'll be staying at.
Oh man.

I sipped my tea and out of habit, read the little tag hanging from the bag. I couldn't believe the words on it this time...

it said:

Travel light,

live light,

spread the light,

be the light.

~

Incredible. I love this and I think I'll put this little tag in my new journal,

for Africa,

on the first page.

A good reminder heh?

If you like you can go to the Yogi Tea website for more

inspirational articles, helpful tips, recipes and even yoga poses.

"Drink your tea slowly and reverently,

as if this activity is the axis

on which the whole earth revolves.

Live the moment.

Only this actual moment is life"

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

http://www.yogitea.com/

and for outside the U.S. http://www.yogitea.nl/

it's a good place to visit!

xxx and love, lori