We all know that drinking tea has the ability to fight aging and that regular consumption can slow down the aging process. But did you know that drinking tea can also keep your mindset youthful?
According to records in relevant books and materials, experts and scholars involved in making and studying tea are often healthy and long-lived, with a youthful mindset. On September 14th this year, tea master Zhang Tianfu celebrated his 107th birthday. Those who deal with tea leaves regularly tend to appear younger than their peers.
People who drink tea tend to have a more youthful mindset, not allowing stress to manifest as wrinkles on their face or negativity to affect their mood. The signs of youth are an upward-turned mouth and clear eyes. This is related to the vision-improving effects of carotenoids found in tea, which can also help prevent cataracts.
Being “the same old self” means maintaining a youthful mindset and robust health; looking old means showing the toll of time on one's body and letting enthusiasm fade away with age.
Tea is so magical that it attracts people from all walks of life. It appeals to students and retirees, as well as hardworking office workers; to northern horse-riding men and southern seafaring fishermen; some enjoy a cup at home, while others savor it in teahouses. How many people are drinking tea right now, at this very moment?
Drinking tea keeps you the same old self; not drinking it will make you look old. This statement isn't absolute; everyone will eventually grow old and gray-haired. Whether we accept this fact reluctantly or with reason is up to us to decide.
If you ask a tea enthusiast how they've been lately, they might laugh and tell you that they're still the same old self—not in the sense of being rigid or unchanging, but because in tea, they've found their truest self.