Strong Bones

One of my favorite things to do [and has been since I was a little tater-tot] is to go swimming. As a result of that, I’ve always felt very much at home in the water. I think that if I wasn’t placed on the earth as a human, I would have been a fish, especially since anytime I’m around water I immediately feel at ease.

Tonight as I went for a midnight swim and felt the water seep into my bones, making me feel stronger with each stroke, I started to think about the life force that is water. Being a defining element that connects us all in the world, water runs throughout the globe joining our continents and our communities. It is something that we all need to live. It’s something that we often don’t think about doing without. Or making us sick.

In areas throughout the world where water can’t make strong bones, the life force that we all require is unclean and causes more sicknesses in children under the age of five than AIDS and Malaria combined. I cannot imagine the element that I get a spiritual high from causing me to be sick or to be unable to participate in school or other activities because I have to walk miles in order to retrieve it.

By looking at water in this way, it will change the way you view pouring a glass of water from the tap, brushing your teeth in the morning, or even going for a midnight swim. And if we can spread this awareness to create action, then more avenues can be created in order to bring clean and accessible water to others around the world.

Because water shouldn’t be a privilege but a right. It shouldn’t be something that one has to worry about being clean or traveling hours for in order to bring to their family… it should be able to serve its purpose, to give life and make strong bones throughout the world.

Get Thirsty, Kimi