Krista (Miles) Honor, LMHC

“we are human beings, not human doings” something my friend Heather reminded us of so clearly at a women’s gathering i attended earlier this week.

this sentiment has stayed with me as the week moves on… awakening and softening something at the same time. not new information, but something remembered in a different way. in a new container. one where i was simply receiving.

part of why i love Cha Dao so much is that it brings me back to this truth… a quiet remembering. a slowing. a space where nothing is needed, nothing is performed. just sitting, breathing, being. whether i’m serving or receiving, i’m always being met there too.

as i’ve sat with tea this week, i keep returning to this knowing. the subtle, uplifting nature of spring teas carrying a sense of renewal… not loud or forceful, but steady. alive. unfolding in its own timing. each sip a small return to what is already within.

a space where we can simply be. where, for a moment, the labels, responsibilities, and expectations fall away… and what’s left feels true.

a place to land… to soften the edges of burnout, to tend to the nervous system, to listen a little more closely.

a space to feel held, cared for, and like you belong.
where we can just be here, now.

the remembering finds us again and again, in different forms, at just the right time.

and maybe that’s enough.
just a place to come back
to yourself.
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