I love collecting china teacups! One of the most enjoyable parts of my day is preparing a cup of hot tea in one of my favorite cups.

But there is a difference between a cup of tea and life. When we brew tea ourselves, we can put it aside or throw it away if it's not to our liking. That's not so with life's cup of tea. We have to drink it. How we go about swallowing those difficult cups of life depends upon what we know and believe about the nature of our life's "tea strainer."