The name of this post was taken from our pastor's teaching this past Sunday. The series topic is: Get Over Yourself. This Sunday we were challenged to name at least one thing each day that we are grateful for and to do one good deed for someone else. We were also asked not to come up with trite sayings or to do deeds for people we are going to be helping anyway. I don't believe in advertising a good deed but I do love to discuss gratitude and hot and cold running water is at the top of my list.
The beginning of my appreciation for and deep thankfulness for hot and cold running water is lost in time. I am not an environmental activist. I am not a vegan. I am a woman with a consciousness. I know how much of the world does not enjoy running water. Even fewer enjoy the luxury of hot and cold running water. Beyond that I can adjust it to just the right temperature, luxuriate under the comforting flow of an adjustable showerhead or float in a tub full of bubbles and hot, hot water. It never ceases to amaze me. I am filled with an awareness of the blessing of the moment. As a result I am conservative with water. Not fanatically conservative. Consciously conservative in how long I allow the shower to run or how deep I let the tub fill. Once in a great while I throw caution to the wind and fill that tub to the top with hot water. It is heavenly. I am grateful.
I did a good deed. A little one but one nonetheless.
Anyone reading this blog will be privy to my gratitude list for this week. For now, I am going home. I am tired and need to rest. Enjoy your shower or your bath tonight.
Love!
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