Before we are even born we are surrounded by water, ok amniotic fluid, but essentially its water. In our mothers stomachs despite the kicks and jabs we give her we are pretty peaceful and really have little to worry about.
So why water gives us this overwhelming sense of peace and tranquility has to do with the feelings we experienced as an embryo. Do you see the correlation I am making? If you do you then also see why an embryo is a child...yes (had to plug the pro life stance)!
Another strong and obvious reason we may strive for water is the life line it provides. Your body is comprised of mostly water, making up between 45 and 75% of body weight. So the theory that we are attracted to water as a means to fulfill what the body may be innately wanting is also not so far fetched.
Whatever the reason I am not sure but the amazing attributes it provides to me controls many of my emotions. For example, look at still bath water in a tub and tell me how it makes you feel? Now splash or have someone constantly splash the bath water...now how do you feel? Not the same, right...pretty wild. That is the physical presence of any water, now add color to the water and you add a whole new dimension to water. Why does the blue/green ocean in Guam where Joe and Brenda live conjure up thoughts of peace, tranquility, and stability. Perhaps because it is not the norm and away from our day to day routine (yet another theory in itself), but it actually has more to do with the psychology of colors instead. Can you tell I need a vacation to somewhere warm with water?
Picture of pathway entering Ritidian Beach (Guam) - courtesy of JosePH and Brenda
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I think water is rejuvenating in all uses of the word rejuvenating (sp?). In baptism, it frees us from all sin, in thirst, well from thirst, in heat, coolness, in filth, cleanliness and it also can be dreary. Nobody likes a rainy monday, but the plants and animals and we do too, eventually. Especially when we realize that without it we don't have running water in our homes. The plants and animals, like us cannot grow or survive without it. What food would we have without water? Spam?
My point is that water is a lot like life, sometimes we need the rain to grow and if we only remembered how rejuvenating the water was we would continually rejoice!
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