Tea Leaves 茶叶

Not every leaf can get into a cup, but the essence of the tea leaves can be found inside a cup of tea. Other leaves end up in different places including in a trash bin. I am inside a flight heading for Xiamen though my final destination for this trip is Haikou. Xiamen, is a tea city according to my previous observation.

Just as tea leaves can get into a tea cup, so also we need a certain identity to get into Xiamen or different places in China. I can get admitted because I have obtained a China tourist visa. We may desire to be at a delighted place. However, our desire can only become a reality by having an identity permitted to be at that place.

Likewise, if we think heaven is a place that we ultimately like to be there, we also have to be ensured of having a heavenly identity prior to heading for that place beyond our visible horizon.

不是每片叶子都可以进入杯中，但是却可以在一杯茶中找到茶叶的精华；而其他叶子会出现于不同的地方即包括在垃圾桶。虽然这次行程的最终目的地是海口，我的班机正飛向夏门，然后才转机到海口。根据我以前的观察，厦门是一个茶叶城。

正如茶叶可以进入茶杯一样，我们也需要一定的身份才能进入厦门或中国的不同地方。因为我已获得中国旅游签证，我可以入境中国。如果我们希望到一个自己喜欢的地方；这个愿望只有通过拥有该地合格身份才能成为事实。

同样的，如果我们期望天堂是人生最後歸宿，我们就必须确保在前往那超出可见边缘的地方前，自己已经拥有了天堂歸宿者的身份。