The Tea Dragon Tapestry

You feel like you've lost your path. It's natural to be sad. It's alright to let those feelings wash over you, and give them time to soak into the earth. That's when things start to grow again.

Everything that happens is part of your wholeness. The sadness, the loss, the hurt, as well as the joy, the love, the friendship--it is all part of your tapestry.

When someone is grieving, the best thing you can do is let them heal on their own, and show them that you'll be there for them.

But sad people aren't objects to fix. Give them space and show them you'll still love them whenever they are ready to be loved.

I feel homesick for the person I used to be.

…perhaps passion takes many forms. Perhaps it becomes quiet and tired, and needs time to rest

. . . Little one, you are the person you are meant to be. The years you worked diligently at the monastery will always be part of you. As will the years after, when you felt lost and afraid. And so will all years yet to come, when the seeds you have been planting with your kindness and friendship will come into bloom. Everything that happens is part of your wholeness. The sadness, the loss, the hurt, as well as the joy, the love, the friendship--it is all part of your tapestry. Minette . . . remember ,that you are already whole.

Well I am, now. But I wasn't always so ready to call it my home--when one feels displaced, it can take a while for the connections to grow. Once I was ready, it felt like I was part of a new song that I had somehow always known.

Perhaps passion takes many forms. Perhaps it becomes quiet and tired, and needs time to rest.

Everything that happens is part of your wholeness.

Seeing everyone her like this, I want to share something with you all. This is something I began a long time ago, and for a while I didn't know how to continue it . . . but I've decided to fill it up with the things that bring me joy each day! this is my story now, and although it's not the one I expected happy that it's mine.

Erik: I remember you quite well! We had never met a more proud and demanding blacksmith, but as soon as I saw your blades, I knew I needed one by my side. You certainly made me prove myself though. Kleitos: It astonishes me that I once such passion. But you know . . . perhaps passion takes many forms. Perhaps it becomes quiet and tired, and needs time to rest. Erik: Like being away from your forge for a spell? Kleitos: I am not sure. But being so far removed, I find myself noticing things around me that had become burned out by my focus on the forge fire . . . I feel like all my senses are returning. Strange, but I had not even noticed they were gone.

Sad people aren't objects to fix. Give them space and show them you'll still love them whenever they are ready to be loved.

All Tea Dragons love and respect chickens, who they see as a different, much more confident, species of dragon.