Here’s a fun
rainy day activity. Pick a random object. Imagine it is your recovery, your
marriage, something that matters to you.
Describe it and answer these questions.
I picked a silver
tea strainer used to catch the loose leaves as each individual cup is poured
from the teapot.
How does this tea strainer represent
my recovery? Because
I’m no longer in active addiction, my life is richer, more robust, like a
flavorful Earl Grey tea in an antique china teapot. The strainer, my recovery,
catches what’s unnecessary, and allows me to give myself to all the cups in my
life in as pure and delicious a form as possible: relationships, work, creative
endeavors and fun.
What would I like to say to it?
Thank you
for being the perfect size, functional and beautiful. Your holes allow nourishment
to come to me and keep harm at bay. Thanks for being ordinary and unique.
What would I be careful not to say to this object?
You’re ugly,
not sexy enough, not big enough, why aren’t you a pocketknife? Where did you come
from? Can I return you? What if I don’t even like tea?
What does the object want to say to
me?
Easy does
it. Tea is only good when it has steeped. Be sure to be patient and do not fear
hot water; that’s what releases the flavor. Be happy with simple things that
don’t require much money, time, or preparation. Remember that a cup of tea is
enjoyed most when all you’re doing is drinking a cup of tea. No harm being busy
but let a pause for tea slow you down.
(I noticed the
addict in me now wants to collect tea strainers, wonders if I have one at home,
and wants to keep this one. I am learning to love the part of me
that expects creature comforts at all times, and that really does want a cup of
tea right now.)
Do you have a filter that actively screens the unneeded from your life?
