Where I grew up in UK, it was a general acceptance that a cup of tea cures everything and anything.  Just have a cup of tea and the world will look a better place.  Anything from a scraped knee to a death in the family - tea helps. And to some extent the same holds true in graphology - just omit the cup.  Read on to find out how “t's" can help you when you need it.

Everyone gets down on occasions.  Everyone has times they feel overwhelmed and just not sure where to turn to next.  Here is a grapho-exercise to help you stay up on your down days.

Write several lines of writing, containing as many lower case “t's" as you can manage, while trying to follow these guidelines:

1. Write uphill.  A general upward slant shows optimism.  And make sure your t-bars slant upwards within the overall slant – even more optimism.  Could you go around all day long with a big smile on your face and feel down?  I bet you couldn’t.  Your up-slanting writing is the smile on your graphological face!
    

2. Be enthusiastic about what you’re doing.  You may not be changing the world overnight, or think you’re doing anything especially significant, but find smaller meanings, smaller enjoyments in what you are doing right now to be enthusiastic about.  But be careful! Enthusiasm is extremely contagious!  It’ll come back at you from a hundred directions. To show your enthusiasm, cross those "t’s" (upward slanting, of course) with long sweeping strokes.
    

3. Be positive about what you are doing, what you are going to do, and what you believe in.  Show it in firm, blunt ending, straight downstroked “t”, or to a lesser extent, any finishing downstroke that comes to the baseline strongly, straight and stops abruptly.  Lower extenders (tails on j, y, g) do not count for this trait.
    

4. Still on the lower case “t”, make those up-slanted, sweeping T-bars towards the top the t-stem showing high goals and confidence in your self.  Confidence also shows in the personal pronoun “I” (PPI) where it is a good size, a little larger than the other capitals, and your signature of similar size being a little larger than the rest of your writing.
    

5. And the last trait, here to consider, although not specifically relating to a “t”, is your slant.  When you are stressed or down, or going through difficult times, do you reach out to others or do you withdraw?  Many people withdraw, but it’s healthier to reach out, to be with other people. Their energy will revive and help you. For this, make sure your slant, no matter where it normally is, does not become left-slanted (withdrawal).  Keep at least an upright, preferably moderate right slant.  And in the other direction, try not to let your right slant become extreme (emotional dependence).

 So next time life takes it out on you, remember tea (“t”), the miracle cure and try this little exercise.  And if you write as you sip an actual cup of tea – wow!  It works wonders.  Trust me.