Lessons from a tea bag

My wife put me on a diet. If you knew me you would find the concept of me dieting is ludicrous. I have never done it and never planned on it. My idea of dieting was restraining myself from ordering an extra Big Mac Combo. I enjoy eating. Eating enjoys me. So anyways...

Part of this diet was to cut out sugars and caffeine from your diet. It is supposed to help balance you out and make your body better prepared for this change. So no more coffees, Coke, or ice cream. Damn! So I have been drinking herbal tea with flavored with natural nectars or sugar substitutes. My search for herbal teas led me to this particular company "Yogi Tea," of which I am now a big fan. If you read the box this tea should get a Nobel Prize. I feel better just buying it! It makes my drinking seem so spiritual! The universe wants me to drink this tea! Its almost like a spiritual rush. But I of course manage to screw it up. Each tea bag has a little quote on the "tail" of the bag that is supposed to lift your spirits and bring you into alignment with the universe. Today it was:

"Socialize with compassion, kindness, and grace."

I dropped the tea bag into the boiling hot water with a little too much vigor and the little tail went into the steaming briney deep. Natural reaction made me make a rush for and and I pretty much burned my fingers trying to fish it out. Profanities and footstopping shortly ensued afterwards and I can tell you that there was not much compassion, kindness, and grace in my first couple hours of work.