December 10, 2008...
Today I am thankful for WATER. I love water. It is my drink of choice. Pretty much everywhere I go my SIGG bottle full of water goes too.
When I'm at a restaurant 99.9% of the time I order water. Not to be a cheapskate or health nut but because water really is my favorite beverage.
Water is calorie free and usually costs nothing. Water is great.
If Al Gore is right about this Global warming thing then we should have plenty of water in the near future with all the ice melting. California will probably be covered in it. But we'll have plenty to drink (yum, yum) as long as the temperature doesn't get too hot and it all evaporates. But if that happens then it will rain and we can gather the rain to drink (they do that in Australia even now). So either way I think we're all okay. Unless of course the world's population grows too fast...you know the human body is about 60% water. Good thing China has pretty strict population control.
And...most of us are extremely blessed enough to have clean, running water in our houses, places of work, stores, churches, etc. We even have both hot and cold water. We don't have to walk long distances for water and then carry it back to where we live on our heads. We can take a hot shower. We can wash our clothes and dishes. We are so lucky.
In places on the earth where people aren't so lucky they spend a big part of their days in the pursuit of water. Walking to get water, purifying water, and heating water. And if they don't have clean water they spend a lot of their time sick from waterborne illnesses.
I'm glad that I have easy access to clean running water but I am also glad I've met people who don't...that way maybe I won't forget what a blessing it is. But if I do...there's always the occasional power outage to remind me.
Yay for water!
December 10, 2008...
Today I am thankful for WATER. I love water. It is my drink of choice. Pretty much everywhere I go my SIGG bottle full of water goes too.
When I'm at a restaurant 99.9% of the time I order water. Not to be a cheapskate or health nut but because water really is my favorite beverage.
Water is calorie free and usually costs nothing. Water is great.
If Al Gore is right about this Global warming thing then we should have plenty of water in the near future with all the ice melting. California will probably be covered in it. But we'll have plenty to drink (yum, yum) as long as the temperature doesn't get too hot and it all evaporates. But if that happens then it will rain and we can gather the rain to drink (they do that in Australia even now). So either way I think we're all okay. Unless of course the world's population grows too fast...you know the human body is about 60% water. Good thing China has pretty strict population control.
And...most of us are extremely blessed enough to have clean, running water in our houses, places of work, stores, churches, etc. We even have both hot and cold water. We don't have to walk long distances for water and then carry it back to where we live on our heads. We can take a hot shower. We can wash our clothes and dishes. We are so lucky.
In places on the earth where people aren't so lucky they spend a big part of their days in the pursuit of water. Walking to get water, purifying water, and heating water. And if they don't have clean water they spend a lot of their time sick from waterborne illnesses.
I'm glad that I have easy access to clean running water but I am also glad I've met people who don't...that way maybe I won't forget what a blessing it is. But if I do...there's always the occasional power outage to remind me.
Yay for water!
3 comments:
Good reminder to be grateful for simple things.
Thanks mom for being the only one to leave a comment on my lame post just so I wouldn't feel bad. I guess that's what moms are for...making you feel a little less lame than the world makes you feel.
I didn't think it was lame. Maybe it is because I am having a little bit of an opportunity to see what some of the world has to do for good water. I loved the pictures you chose too. They were like Nat. Geographic pictures.
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