"Ordinary gestures have an extraordinary resonance, as we breathe in the fragrance of the tea, savor it, lower our cups, serve more, and sip again: every gesture has a bright aura of rebirth… Moments like this act as magical interludes, placing our hearts at the edge of our souls: fleetingly, yet intensely, a fragment of eternity has come to enrich time. Elsewhere the world may be blustering or sleeping, wars are fought, people live and die, some nations disintegrate, while others are born, soon to be swallowed up in turn -and in all this sound and fury, amidst eruptions and undertows, while the world goes it’s merry way, bursts into flames, tears itself apart and is reborn: human life continues to throb. So, let us drink a cup of tea."

Madame Michel, The Elegance Of The Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (via ayaros)

Describes exactly how I am and how I view things. Governments don’t work; the economy is built to fail and to keep 80% of the people in poverty; the earth continues its natural course which sadly kills thousands of people… I for one drink my cup of tea and carry on.

Keep your head straight and make a difference.