Living With Water

Water.

I drink approximately 8-10 cups of water a day...that's just a guess. But I also use water to brush my teeth, take a shower, wash my hands, clean a dirty spot off my shirt, AND many nights I pour out water from water bottles I didn't finish throughout the day.

Water is definitely taken for granted in my life. I am so thankful that I do not have to walk a mile to get water, and dirty water at that. I use water as if it will never end, when across the world people are dying of thirst because they don't have water. They make it through their day without a drink, without a shower, and probably without clean clothes. And here I am dumping water down the drain because it was the last inch in the bottle.

I have been over privileged as a child to be able to turn the faucet on and get water. I consider myself lucky and thankful, yet spoiled to have NEVER had to work for something so important. Not only do I have water at my beck and call but it also wont harm me. I can drink water in the United States out of a faucet and I can even swallow water in a lake and not get sick. But I think of the people in Malawi who get sick from their water. And yet they drink it because it's all they have access to.

I don't have to fight for my water. Now that I think of it there isn't much in my life I have had to fight for that would be life or death. But some people must fight for their water to keep their families alive.

I think it's about time I appreciate the simpleness of having water whenever I want it.

The Malawi People have struggled for Water