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My cup of Tea
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My cup of Tea |
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ivordavies Senior Member
since 2007-01-10
Posts 739Chester, England 
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My cup of Tea I’d rather have tea than coffee to drink, when I am asked, I just don’t have to think. It’s one of the things I ‘decide’ everyday, or is it, let’s see, is it really that way? I feel habits form, then they get in the way, the fact we don’t think, makes our choices each day. Surely things change, and we never should say we’ve decided for ever what game we will play. Religion, our taste buds, our politics, ‘name’, I’ve made up my mind, they will all stay the same. It saves me from thinking and gives me no pain, not having to dwell on these things once again. Should I keep repeating, ‘that’s what I believe’, or consider new options by things I perceive? It may mean more often, I have to ‘decide’, which path I should take, or which way I should ride. I’m certain that this will make me quite unsure, just where I am going if I reach a new door. I was happy to go just where I’d been before, why should I change then, I’m sure of my floor. The reason I know, is that no man decides, the true way for me, it must feel right inside. My habits were forcing me, so was my pride, to continue, just ‘one way’ on my mindless ride. I guess in the future a new man you’ll see. I hope he’s much wiser, and better than me. I must get that drink now, ‘a nice cup of tea’? No… I’ll sample the coffee and set my soul free! Ivor G Davies The moment created this second, is a moment that's going to last. It lives the full spectrum of time, the future, the present and past. |
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Lady In White
since 2001-02-12
Posts 2799USA |
Change is good... and some habits can be simply wonderful. It comes down to a matter of choice, and which wave to ride this day. |
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nakdthoughts Member Laureate
since 2000-10-29
Posts 19200Between the Lines |
~smiling~ at your words because I agree  M |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Ivor, I usually read all you write. I find you very interesting and you always get your thoughts across. I am of an age that it is too easy to just continue on the way I have. I have always been open minded so that is okay. But just yesterday I was talking with a little younger co worker and friend and she thinks I am nuts to continue to pay my bills by snail mail and to even keep receipts. She uses the computer and pays all on the internet. Then throws away the bills as the bank or company she is dealing with have it all on their intent sites. I feel it so much easier to keep one book and have it all in front of me instead of going from one account to another on the internet. There are some things I just do not want to change. Best to you, martyjo |
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ivordavies Senior Member
since 2007-01-10
Posts 739Chester, England |
Lady in White Like most of my poetry, this one revolves around considering choices. I do agree that some habits are good and bring comfort, especially my cup of tea, which is why I chose this for the theme of considering things different. But they can be a problem to discovering new things or ways, like you say it is all about choices... as long as we are prepared to make them. nakdthoughts nice to know that somebody agrees with me entirely, I seem to spend my life as the odd one out! martyjo Firstly it is so refreshing to hear you say that you read a lot of my work. One problem I have with this site is that there is no indication of how many people 'read' your post, as there is on another site I sometimes post on. It can be soul destroying to see a post sit with no replies not knowing if it has been read. As we have not the time to respond to everything it would be nice for everyone to know how many might have looked in on their work. Now to your story about bill paying, you hae looked at the alternatives and decided what is best for you. Not traveling the accepted route but considering which way to go is what life is all about and I admire those who do not always follow the pack. Thank you all again for responding, I have another poem I wrote while on holiday in France that concerns tea, I may post it tonight. (trouble is I wrote a lot on that holiday and it may lead to me boring you with further!) Have Fun, Ivor |
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Earth Angel Member Empyrean
since 2002-08-27
Posts 40215Realms of Light |
We humans are indeed, creatures of habit! ~ and that can be so limiting! I'm a tea lover as well! But I have branched out and sip the occasional coffee and I thoroughly enjoy it! We miss out on so much when we are set in our ways. Instead of living a finite life, I am living one of infinite possibilities!  As per usual, I enjoyed reading your poetic food for thoughts! Linda  |
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Fairplay Member
since 2007-01-15
Posts 222England |
I’m poetically bad and I know it Don’t think of myself as a poet But life is so strange That I relish the change So there is no way I forgo it The latest of my new fangled tricks Is eating for months with chopsticks Of course it’s not new For both me and you But the diets a bit of a fix I started to loose so much weight Maybe from the stuff that I ate Noodles and rice Everything nice Ahh but not one scrap of fat on my plate There is one thing I must do the same Then no girls will ever complain With no magic lotions Or incarnate potions I tell you it works all the same You see I am really so good Self praise is misunderstood It’s not just a boast Mine heart is the host So often you find they are wood So pardon my answer in rhyme I know It get’s worse all the time I don’t post it on site Cause most of it’s trite So easy to tell thats it's mine |
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Beatrice Boyle Member
since 2006-12-06
Posts 438 |
Coffee, Tea or...??? Having lived so long...I can absolutley attest to the fact that things are going to change whether we like it or not!  However, there ARE somethings we can control...we have freedom of choice. But the older I get...the more I find myself abandoning old habits and making new choices without really thinking about it.  You...of course...will apreciate the fact that after my husband died, without conciously being aware of it,I began picking up some of his habits that I didn't particulary like! We had different tastes in music, literature, tv newscasters, programs, comments etc. Even ways of doing things around the house. Now when I stop to think about it, I guess he's having the last laugh!  Go figure...I guess we CAN pull strings from the beyond!  |
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latearrival Member Ascendant
since 2003-03-21
Posts 5499Florida |
Ivor, I tend to do a lot of reading on my late hours at work. As I work midnight to 8 a.m. I can read but they frown on it. Once in a while like right now I am reading before the change of shift. Taking a chance on posting.I do that once in a while too as I say, I hate to follow the pack. Just call me one wild woman. As bad as I get LOL martyjo |
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LeeJ Member Patricius
since 2003-06-19
Posts 13296 |
I'll have both...hehe enjoyed this very very much... love the content as well as the humor you display... |
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ivordavies Senior Member
since 2007-01-10
Posts 739Chester, England |
Linda, Eric, Bea, LA, Lee, Sorry for the late response to thank you for your most welcome comments (possibly except for Eric's - but he's strange). I love to play on little things and turn them into 'THE MEANING OF LIFE', but Tea is sacred and needs to be taken seriously.... PS. Eric's never been the same since he found poetry! |
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