Shabnam Weber THAC President
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This year has had many 'buzz words'. So many in fact, that Oxford dictionary was unable or unwilling to choose a word of the year. But one word has stood above all others, regardless of how you've been impacted by COVID, and that word is 'change'. It's not a word most of us are comfortable with, avoiding it usually at all costs. But this year, it has been forced upon each of us in different ways.
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Your change may have included spending more time with your family than ever before, or perhaps you dusted off an old hobby or tried something you've never done before. I hope for each of you that within the chaos, the frustration, the loss, the joy, you've stopped for a moment and recognised what has sparked you joy. What has given you a moment of happiness within a lot of difficulty. That spark of joy is what you need to find more time for and stop fighting the change. This issue is full of sparks of joy. People that have found their joy and either made it their life's work, created a new business or their dedicated hobby. Their common thread of course is tea. Our time is finite. And wishing away this time, no matter how difficult, is not a luxury anyone is afforded. My joy has been found in a hot cup of tea with the ones (two-legged and four-legged) I love. Never has that need been stronger. If you haven't taken that moment, I hope you do it after reading this issue and find what sparks your joy.
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