The way to happiness…?

I love tea. I love fruit and herb teas - not to say I don’t like the “normal” black tea which has become worldwide known as the UK’s preferred drink at 5pm each day (but that’s another post in itself!). I like to try different flavours - is that the right word? I was introduced to liquorice earlier this year. I love the sweet, have tried the root but didn’t know they did a tea. I find if I’m open-minded when I try different teas it can be an enjoyable experience. I suppose it’s like trying anything new, if I have a preconception about what it’s going to be like there’s a risk of being disappointed. I was pleasantly surprised. I wasn’t sure about liquorice tea - it didn’t have a great appeal to me before but now when I see a pack and need more tea I buy a pack. I have only seen one brand who sell it at the moment (I won’t mention the brand as I’ll have to mention there are numerous other brands of tea available!). This particular brand has a motto or phrase printed on a piece of paper at the end of the string attached to the tea bag - does this have a proper name?...I read them then normally move my focus either onto what I was doing or drinking the tea.

One motto recently was “the way to happiness is to serve people”. It struck me as being a bit more than new-agey, it had a Christian slant. Until I realised that I am a Christian and can look at things from a Christian angle. So I thought a bit more about it. In essence it seemed to me to be a good motto. Serving or helping people is a good thing, right? Hmm, but this motto can be interpreted into a selfish meaning.

It raised some questions. Why do I help others? Is it to help the other person or only to make me happier? Probably to the person being helped it doesn’t make a difference what the heart attitude is. But as a Christian it’s very important. I, as a Christian, am not called to help out of duty. Nothing I can do will change the way God and Jesus Christ feel about me (another post in there too!). I do not have to help others to gain “Heaven points”. I help out of love and kindness and want to share the love I receive from Jesus Christ with others. Sometimes actions speak louder than words.

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