Making tea?

I have a friend who has an interesting way of making tea. He puts the tea leaves in a glass of hot water. These leaves accumulate on the top of the water level. However, as you watch, they slowly begin to drop and settle down the glass. After 15 minutes, most of them are at the bottom of the glass and the tea is ready. No need to strain the leaves.

That is what I want the next few days like. Put in the thought-leaves and let them settle. No stirring, sloshing, shaking the mix. Let them sink gently as and when they are ready. The question before me is, can I wait?

They say that all journeys..

They say that all journeys begin with one step. All journeys.

It is time to set afoot on another one. I don't know where it leads. Maybe up in the hills where the snow is or maybe down the ravines, maybe a flat walk on the plains or maybe a bumpy sail over the seas. I don't know. All this is metaphorical.

All I know right now is that I need to start walking. With time and distance, something will materialize. Some goal will make itself apparent and I will say, "Yes! that is what I need to aim for right now" and I will rush towards it. But then, I don't know.

Perhaps I will come back to where I began, feeling more hopeless. Feeling that nothing can be done which would change the way things are.

Perhaps, I won't. But one thing is certain. If I make the journey the aim, the searching itself the purpose, then there is nothing to be frustrated about. I will try and remember this every time I start on a new trail. Maybe that would help.

But then, I don't know!