Last night, one guest at my house pointed at the water pitcher. Are you trying to create beautiful crystals? he gently mocked in reference to the words Love and Gratitude handwritten in gold letters on the old container. I confessed that yes, that is definitely the intent.My first reaction when people comment on the child-like adornment of the household water pitcher is to cringe a little with the anticipation of their judgement over such a new-agey practice. Luckily, last night, my husband jumped in: Did you see this documentary about the unusual properties of water? Its based on the discoveries made by scientists in Russia and other countries. The conversation was back on safer grounds and I could breathe a sigh of relief.We all learned it in school: water is the source of all life. It covers 70 percent of the surface of our planet and makes up between 75 percent and 90 percent of our bodies (less and less as we age).Weve also heard it many times: water is the new oil. Corporations already fight over it. And the quest for it will fuel wars in the not-so-distant future. Water pollution, water scarcity, the dwindling availability of drinking waterall scary developmentsare featured in the mainstream media on a regular basis. Californians get a special dose of the bad news, as their state is mired in a chronic drought crisis.Yet, Ill admit it, I too often find myself taking water for granted. Thats not for the shortage of quasi-miraculous properties that water holds however.
