Tea Ceremony in the Purple Chashitsu: Respecting Elders, Receiving Wisdom 💜

Recently, I had the honor of sitting with my tea mentor inside her purple chashitsu. The experience was more than aesthetic—it was a profound reminder of how wisdom flows when we slow down and listen.

She often tells me: “The more you know about yourself, the more good fortune comes to you.” In her words, I hear both encouragement and a call to cultivate self-awareness.

In Japanese culture, there is a saying: 「年の功は伊達じゃない」— The wisdom of age is not for show. Elders carry with them lived experience that textbooks cannot capture. It’s up to us to honor that, to listen carefully, and to apply it in our lives.

As tea teaches us, respect and gratitude are not just gestures—they are practices. And in those practices, we discover our own path to peace and good fortune.