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Drinks and life

2013.03.25

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There seems to be a close relationship between drinks and a man’s life.

When he is a boy, he usually loves soft drinks for their sweetness and variety. He knows nothing of sadness. Of all the tastes of life, his experience is limited to sweetness to the ignorance of all the others.In his eyes, the world is full of colors and facets just as soft drinks are varied in flavor.

Youth sees him on a job or in love. Now soft drinks have to give way to coffee, which tastes bitter yet somewhat sweet, at once astringent and fragrant.It gives a stimulating sensation suggestive of growing up toward

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maturity. That’s why it appeals to a young man who is fickle and moody. At this stage he has a dim view of the landscape where water and hills blur. He begins his career full of ambition and ideals.On the other hand, he also needs and longs for a home of his own. However, either in his work or in his love affair there may be small setbacks, for which he is sometimes seen forcing a tearful smile and sometimes smiling through his tears. Considerations of gains and losses seem to him an enjoyment as well as a torture.

Middle age turns him to Chinese tea, which gives a pleasant scent only discernable off and on. It’s very mild

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and long-standing, deep and profound. It never stimulates the sense of taste but a sip of it will leave a faint fragrance lingering in the mouth. Well settled, he sees the landscape where water and hills are clearly delineated. Free from impractical longings and fully aware of the evanescence of the gorgeous sunset, he cherishes every minute of the day and each day of his is sweetened with simple but real happiness.

In old age he drinks plain boiled water, which is devoid of any saccharin, caffeine or theophylline. It tastes insipid yet a slow sipping will doubtless yield a wee bit of

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sweetness. He has been tossed in life’s storms and taught by rough and bitter experiences to know better than care about failures and successes, which appear to him as transient as a fleeting cloud. For this is the time he can sit comfortably in an armchair letting his mind wander. He is indifferent to all that happened in the past and sees things as plain as water.

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