In China, there is a subtle and elegant custom when drinking tea: when someone pours tea for you, you express your thanks by gently tapping your bent index and middle fingers on the table.  This is called “Kòu ZhǐLǐ” (扣指礼), which translates roughly to the “Knocking Finger Salute.”

Imagine your heart as a vast, open sea, endless in its depth, mysterious in its currents, alive with the whispers of storms and sunsets. To sail these waters, you are given two sacred gifts: reason, the steady rudder that steers with clarity, and passion, the billowing sails that catch the wind of your deepest longings. Alone, each is incomplete; together, they compose the poetry of a life fully lived.