Pure and Simple

The planet is covered in seventy one percent of the stuff, humans are made up of anywhere between fifty five and seventy eight percent of it and we should be drinking two litres of this strange and mystical liquid each day.

I am of course talking about water.

There are so many things we have around us that are genuinely amazing, wonderful and unique. We have the capacity to fall in love, we see in colour, we feel heartache, we cry, we can have amazing sex, we invented tea, and we have wonderful access to water all around us.

In some countries, water is such a precious commodity wars rage over access to it. Water in these often war torn countries is usually contaminated and populations of millions of people rely on outside help simply to remain hydrated.

I find it interesting, and slightly guilty, to think that we in the majority of the western world, have so little going on in our lives that we need to go out and get hammered on a weekly (or occasionally daily) basis and wake up with major bouts of dehydration. We down masses of easily obtained water and think nothing of lounging in a decadent bath when things get a little stressful at work.

Of course, I’m as guilty as anyone of doing these things and I am in no way condemning it. I think I’m just emphasising that ignorance to the bigger picture isn’t something I think should continue. I am aware of just how wonderful life is for me, and how amazing the things that I am able to do are in comparison to a different world out there.

So when you next decide to take a shower, have a tea, drown your sorrows or submerge yourself in any way, just remember how lucky we are. Because we are.