This year has been a hot summer! Heat waves, thirst and sweat are words used to describe the last few weeks. Thirst has been combated by a tall glass of cool, refreshing water; sweat has been slaked off by the rush of water coming from the shower head. Living in the city in a developed country, I am blessed to have the water that I need at the twist of a tap. There is no need for me to walk long distances to fetch the water I need and then carry it home. It is not necessary for me to boil the water before I drink it. This week I am grateful for water that is clean and easily accessible.
What have you been grateful for this week?
Last week:
Lavender Ladi was grateful for lists
Laura was grateful for small arms and gentle hugs
Claire shared a list of things that she was grateful for last week.
© Colline Kook-Chun, 2016
(Join me and share something that you have been grateful for in the past week. Link up with my post so that I know you have participated)
Water is indeed something to be very grateful for! Thank you for the reminder!
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It is a resource we tend to take for granted – especially when it comes so easy to us.
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Yes, you’re right. It took me some months in Nevada to appreciate water more..
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It’s been raining for a whole week where I’m from and I’m grateful nature has its own way to provide water for the plants. 🙂
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Rain is always a blessing. I enjoy hearing the sound of the rain as it falls to the ground.
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A great reminder to take nothing for granted, Colline. 🙂
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Thank you. Having lived in South Africa yourself, you understand the importance of water.
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I’m also grateful for water and hoping for some “real” rain.
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A good rainfall has been scarce this summer. Maybe we will get lucky soon 🙂
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I too am grateful for clean water, and for the air conditioning we had installed, just three summers ago!
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With the hot days we have had this summer, I would have been grateful for air conditioning as well 🙂
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And we tend to forget how lucky we are. Thank you, Colline!
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We do Paula. And access to clean water is something that so many of us take for granted.
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I lived in the Philippines. When I was a kid, we had to collect water using pails and buckets and drums. I even remember pumping up and down wells just to get water. This is why I have learnt not to waste! Every drop, every grain, it’s something to be grateful for.
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The lessons we learn as a child definitely follow us through adulthood. I may not have had to pump for water like you did but having lived though many droughts, I learned as well not to waste a drop.
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I am also grateful for having running water after years of having to stand in a queue to draw water when I was growing up and sometimes walking a couple of kilometers when local taps had run dry. I am also grateful that my parents now have the ‘luxury’ of running water in their house. I am even more grateful that their water is from their own borehole as they just have to turn on a knob when the water runs low in the tank. Ah, the simple treasures of life!.
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Treasures that we don’t appreciate unless we have experienced life without it. Thank you for sharing your experience.
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I am grateful for water too – and I like your writing style here – thirst combatted – sweat slaked off – so good!
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Thank you Yvette. I try to make the post interesting to read 🙂
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🙂
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