What would you give for a drink of water?

It's a question that I have never really thought about, but what would you do for a drink of water, if there were no water to be had?

I often classify myself as being poor. Purely a financial classification. With Doug in school and me working hard to make so little, seems like poor would be an appropriate term. But I have never had to worry about where I am sleeping at night, where my next meal is coming from, or if there is clean water for me to drink. I learned today that 1 in 6 people in the world do not have clean water. That number is amazing to me, astonishing actually. All of the millions and millions of people in the world and only 1 out 6 can quench their thirst with no worry about disease, or bacteria. I often turn my nose up at the fact of drinking water. The lack of flavor is not that appealing to me. But what would I do if the choice was not there. And not only the fact of drinking a glass of water, but bathing, cooking, and cleaning. How many times have you thought about the fact that water plays such and important part of your life when you wake up in the morning to brush your teeth and take a shower to prepare for the day? I know that I don't. I usually am more interested in complaining about going to work, than worrying about whether or not the water will turn on. I could hardly imagine having to walk miles just to get a bucket full at a time.

I don't know a whole lot about the efforts around the world to end poverty, but I have come across, thanks to my brother's blog, Charity:Water http://www.charitywater.org/ It inspired me today to not take for granted all the things I am lucky to have.