Every day a good day
Subtitle: fifteen lessons I learned about happiness from Japanese tea culture
By: Noriko Morishita ; translated by Eleanor Goldsmith
Contributors: Goldsmith, Eleanor, 1976- translator
Edition: First English edition
Series: Japan Library; Japan library (Shuppan Bunka Sangyō Shinkō Zaidan)
Publisher: Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Tokyo, Japan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 181
ISBN-13: 9784866580623
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Japanese tea ceremony; Japanese Philosophy; Chadō
Work titles: Nichinichi kore kōjitsu : ocha ga oshiete kureta jūgo no shiawase
Description: The author reflects on twenty-five years of studying the Japanese Way of Tea, from her first uncertain steps as a college student to her gradual discovery of freedom within the very rules that once seemed to hold her back. As the author experiences the trials and triumphs of adult life, from job-hunting setbacks to lost love, from the struggle to build a career to the pain of losing a loved one, tea is always there to remind her that simply being present in the moment is enough. The joy of savoring the seasons with all five senses - of smelling the rain, of hearing each individual raindrop. The importance of cherishing each meeting as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Humor and heartbreak, despair and determination - in this memoir, the writer connects the Way of Tea to the span of human experience, culminating in the exhilaration of realizing 'I'm alive, right now!'--adapted from publisher's description.
Notes: Originally published in Japanese in 2002 under the title of Nichinichi kore kōjitsu : ocha ga oshiete kureta 15 no shiawase .

Translated from the Japanese.

In English with original Japanese title on colophon.
Table of contents: title: Chajin : a person of tea; title: Learn that you know nothing; title: Don't think with your head; title: Focus your feelings on the now; title: Watch and feel; title: Look at many real things; title: Savor the seasons; title: Connect to nature with all five senses; title: Be here, now; title: Give it time and let nature do the rest; title: Things are fine as they are; title: Parting is inevitable; title: Listen for the voice within; title: When it's raining, listen to the rain; title: Growth takes time; title: Live in the moment with an eye to the future.