In case your wondering about the little icon, it's an emoticon and this one means good grief. I probably should have selected which is called shock.

I have a few things to be shocked about:
that I will be as old as I will be in a month or two
that I still live in the same apartment
that I am sans lover
and of course I am shocked that I am still doing WORD PROCESSING
S C R E A M S C R E A M S C R E A M S C R E A M

So much for boring topics

I put water as the title because I discovered today that 2 days ago, March 22nd was World Water Day. Who would have thought there was such a thing. So I looked it up on the internet. Below is what I found:

WATER WATER WATER
Our daily lives are built on water, and shaped by it. Without the water that surrounds us - the humidity of the air, the roughness of the river's current, the flow from the kitchen tap - our lives would be impossible. In recent decades, water has fallen in our esteem. No longer an element to be revered and protected, it is a consumer product that we have shamefully neglected. Eighty percent of our bodies are formed of water, and two thirds of the planet's surface is covered by water: water is our culture, our life.

The theme 'Water and Culture' of WWD 2006 draws attention to the fact that there are as many ways of viewing, using, and celebrating water as there are cultural traditions across the world. Sacred, water is at the heart of many religions and is used in different rites and ceremonies. Fascinating and ephemeral, water has been represented in art for centuries - in music, painting, writing, cinema - and it is an essential factor in many scientific endeavours as well. Each region of the world has a different way of holding water sacred, but each recognizes its value, and its central place in human lives. Cultural traditions, indigenous practices, and societal values determine how people perceive and manage water in the world's different regions.

As the UN's focal point for the promotion of cultural diversity, UNESCO aims to preserve and respect the specificity of each culture, bringing them all together and extending them in a more interactive and interdependent world.

Back To My Words:
In the article I read, it said that WWD is a day for us to appreciate the fact that we have clean water to drink. Which is true. There are quite a few places on the planet where people have no drinking fountains or sinks and they drink dirty water with animals and share water with garbage. I try to do a gratitude list each night and I don't think I ever put down having clean water as an item. These days it has been like pulling hen's teeth for me to list a lot of things that I am grateful for. Now I can at least start off with clean water.