Is love your cup of tea?

It is around 2:30 am in the morning and I am not able to sleep. So, I made a good cup of tea and sat in the balcony staring at the stars and moon and thinking about nothing or no one in particular but just wondering about a feeling called Love. And sipping my tea, I realized that Love is my cup of tea. I mean literally a cup of tea.

So I decided to give it a thought and what hit me is a very interesting comparison. I am probably writing this because I love to drink tea. You may like coffee or hot chocolate but ya some warm beverage. Most of the days, when I get up in the morning the first thought I have is ‘I just want some tea.’ If I get some tea in the morning I know that my day is going to be great. No matter what happens during the day I have taken my precautionary medicine in the morning. When I am tired or with a close friend or watching the sunset or upset, I long for a good cup of tea. Because that time I know that everything is going to be alright, that time I don’t worry if I have a worthless job or remain jobless for life – I am just enjoying my tea and am relaxed and try to keep everything aside.

This is of course coffee .. but you get the point

I try not to spoil my time sipping tea by being in the middle of people shouting or fighting .. I try to get to a far away place .. maybe in the company of some close friends and enjoy the peace spread. Then when I have had my tea, I feel ready to face the world, go and do my work for the next few hours. Another thing that I have noticed is that I feel so grateful when I am having a refreshing cup of tea. I think it’s probably the only time I am thanking God with all my heart.

I was near Coimbatore for a past few days and hell yeah! they make good tea in South India. Tea was going to be available only from six to half past six in the morning. Usually I sleep till late hours but I found myself waking up before six even before the alarm went off. If I tell this to my roomie back in college she is going to be very proud of me waking up so early without help. When I returned home, I made a perfect cup of tea and was flaunting it. But I am clever, never flaunt  your tea so much so that other people would come and grab your cup .. ya let them have a whiff… let them tell you how great it is .. revel in the greatness of your tea but then go to your favorite secluded spot and enjoy it.

Some people may call this addiction .. but hell with them. This is Love. If you yearn for someone just like you yearn for a cup of tea after a long day ..both are probably same sort of feelings. If you feel this comparison reduces the feeling of Love to a cup of tea, think of it like this -  just a cup of tea could also teach you about Love.  So .. If you are alone and find yourselves longing for a cup of tea … know that Love is not far .

P.S: If you took portions of this post as innuendos, you need help.

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