The Wisdom of Tea: Life Lessons from the Japanese Tea Ceremony

by Noriko Morishita

Each season overlapped with the next, so there was always something to enjoy.

But there are more seasons than just spring, summer, autumn, and winter. There are also the seasons of our lives.

Everyone must have known my situation. But everything was just the same as usual. Having that kind of relationship helped me a lot.

“In the traditional calendar, today is daikan,” said the television newscaster, “the most bitterly cold day of the year.” So we’ve reached rock bottom, I said to myself. It’ll start getting warmer now.