An Eighth Shot of Espresso: Coffee and Creativity on Mum's Third Shift

Tides of change: what was once light fades into darkness and was considered good dismissed as evil. No light without shadow No harmony with chaos It follows the course of nature but it cannot be captured in words and platitudes and stories of morality thought by human minds No power without weakness No sunlight without rain What reaches its zenith will undoubtedly fall the downtrodden will find justice and the righteous will be humbled

Fire, Wood, Water Metal and Earth Wu Xing, Five Elements Each one affects the other For good or for ill. Too much of one upsets the balance and all must be in harmony. Process and change nothing ever stays the same it is the essence of the elements a stick is just a stick a rock is just a rock Wood is the essence of life Earth the stable foundation. Where is air? Fire, Earth, Air, Water, Metal Air surrounds us It need not be said The essence of being in all living things is not limited to just one physical form! All five plus the one encompassing the Spirit, the Soul It will still be there when all is long to dust that spark of existence will carry us on that drive to live will carry us through.