Why go out into the world?
Because the world is vast.
There are cities we have never seen.
Roads we have never walked.
People we have never met.
And the self we have not yet become.
So we choose to set out.
To experience.
To create.
To love.
To fail.
To choose again.
To understand the world, and slowly, ourselves.
The story of Mulan, too, begins with a setting out.
But what moves us most about her was never how far she went.
It is that after the long road, she still knew where she came from.
The true distance should not make us lose ourselves.
It should make us understand more clearly:
What is worth keeping. What is worth treasuring. What is one's own choice.
And the place we truly wish to return to.
So we made a cup of tea from the East.
Tea is quiet.
It does not hurry you.
The water falls. The leaves open. Sit down.
The world is still vast.
But within the time of a cup of tea, we can hear ourselves again.
Perhaps returning does not mean going back to where one started.
It can be a return to the heart.
A return to the bonds between people.
A return to what truly matters in life.
A return to a table.
A cup.
A cup of tea.
We offer this cup of tea to everyone on their own road.
You may go very far.
To see the world.
To become the person you wish to become.
And when you are willing to pause,
there is a cup of tea here.
Go far. Return to tea.
MULAN TEA STORY®
GO FAR. RETURN TO YOURSELF.