It's hot out. ~ Scalding, really. ~ Your tongue is parched to the extreme. A dull throbbing pain in your throat prevents you from swallowing. ~ You rush in to the cool air-conditioned house, but even that does not soothe your burning need. ~ In haste, you run to the sink and open the faucet. ~ A cool stream of liquid bursts forth. ~ Shivering with anticipation, you take a gulp. ~ Instant relief. ~
Sounds like a drug, doesn't it? ~ In truth, we undoubtedly are addicted to this precious, unique solvent. ~ Polar, small, high surface tension, high heat capacity... Its wondrous properties are endless. ~
Water. ~ *Cue heavenly angels singing.*
For once, perhaps, I am not exaggerating. ~ Really. ~ Water is indispensable. We use it to drink, to travel, to dissolve other substances, to clean, to wash, to calm, to play... When is water not important? ~ What makes Earth such a unique planet within the solar system and possibly even the entire universe is precisely its numerous large bodies of water. ~
Water has also taken on symbolic meaning in literature. ~ Rebirth, in the case of a fetus surrounded by the mother's amniotic fluid. ~ A pure quality, as in the cleansing and washing away of the old ways of life. ~ Rejuvenation, as in the fountain of youth. ~ Water is so mysterious, so beautiful, so tantalizing. ~ In Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack Sparrow, in his usual devil-may-care way, says "my first and only love is the sea." ~ Indeed, I suspect many a sailor has fallen in love with this wild, untamable lady and been lured into her depths. ~ She is beautiful, true, but dangerous. ~
I've often gazed longingly yet with certain fear into deep water, wondering what it hid in its depths. ~ The strange underwater worlds has inspired so many myths and legends that it would be a shame to unveil its true self. ~ Yet science plows on. ~ Off topic here. ~
The miracle that is water, this transparent fluid that may become a source of worry due to the endless contamination we force upon it, should forever remain a priority in our minds, something to cherish and something to keep pure. ~ After all, when the pure is soiled, what hopes do we, the tainted human race, have of ridding ourselves of the dirt that we accumulate on our hands? ~
Sounds like a drug, doesn't it? ~ In truth, we undoubtedly are addicted to this precious, unique solvent. ~ Polar, small, high surface tension, high heat capacity... Its wondrous properties are endless. ~
Water. ~ *Cue heavenly angels singing.*
For once, perhaps, I am not exaggerating. ~ Really. ~ Water is indispensable. We use it to drink, to travel, to dissolve other substances, to clean, to wash, to calm, to play... When is water not important? ~ What makes Earth such a unique planet within the solar system and possibly even the entire universe is precisely its numerous large bodies of water. ~
Water has also taken on symbolic meaning in literature. ~ Rebirth, in the case of a fetus surrounded by the mother's amniotic fluid. ~ A pure quality, as in the cleansing and washing away of the old ways of life. ~ Rejuvenation, as in the fountain of youth. ~ Water is so mysterious, so beautiful, so tantalizing. ~ In Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack Sparrow, in his usual devil-may-care way, says "my first and only love is the sea." ~ Indeed, I suspect many a sailor has fallen in love with this wild, untamable lady and been lured into her depths. ~ She is beautiful, true, but dangerous. ~
I've often gazed longingly yet with certain fear into deep water, wondering what it hid in its depths. ~ The strange underwater worlds has inspired so many myths and legends that it would be a shame to unveil its true self. ~ Yet science plows on. ~ Off topic here. ~
The miracle that is water, this transparent fluid that may become a source of worry due to the endless contamination we force upon it, should forever remain a priority in our minds, something to cherish and something to keep pure. ~ After all, when the pure is soiled, what hopes do we, the tainted human race, have of ridding ourselves of the dirt that we accumulate on our hands? ~
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