Food for Thought : June is National Tea Month

Many of us reach for a glass of tea to quench our thirst. We have a special fondness for tea in the South, and while most of us drink tea for the flavor, it has been used for thousands of years for its medicinal properties. Both black and green teas have been shown to have some health benefits and most of those benefits are related to tea’s role in heart health. June is National Tea Month, so it is a perfect time to try some new brewing blends. Here are a few tips to help you enjoy more tea this month:
1 . Opt for natural sweeteners such as honey and fruit.
2 . Read the nutrition label if you are buying a commercially prepared tea. Many times they are full of added sugars and unwanted calories.
3. Look for tea that has a variety of flavors blended together.
4 . Many times tea has less caffeine than brewed coffee. However, you may want to look for decaffeinated varieties, especially if you are consuming tea in the evening hours. If you are pregnant, nursing or monitoring your caffeine intake for health reasons, consult your doctor before consuming.
5 . Be mindful that many herbal teas can interfere with medications and complicate certain medical conditions. Check with your doctor or pharmacist.

Words of Wisdom

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions."

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

Pay no attention to those who talk behind your back! It simply means you are two steps ahead!

The secret of happiness is not doing the things that you like but liking the things that you do.

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.

Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and discover they were the big things.

Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.