More than two billion people still lack safely managed drinking water. Your faucet is not a small thing.
GRATITUDE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Infrastructure is invisible until it is missing. Clean water arriving on demand, at any hour, in any amount, without you thinking about carrying it or boiling it, is one of the largest pieces of luck in an ordinary day. For an enormous number of people, getting it is the day’s main work. Yours takes four seconds and a wrist.
Fill a glass today and drink it standing at the sink, doing nothing else. That is not a ceremony, only a pause long enough to register. If it moves you further than that, find out what your town’s water system is and who keeps it running.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which daily convenience would change your life if it vanished?
MORE IN GRATITUDE & PRESENCE
- Listen to the train for a minute before you put your earbuds in. The rhythm on the tracks is its own kind of song.
- Ride your bike with no destination once this summer. It’s the closest thing to flying you can do on a Tuesday.
- Fall asleep on a long car ride as a kid and wake up in your own bed. Somebody carried you in without waking you.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.