Each of
these year-long
experiences out of
the normal led me to
believe that we might
change our relationship
with water on our
return, but old
habits die hard.
that we might
nship with
rn, but old
fter Japan, I
to a full-sized
(with a larger
loads usually
r on tap, and
ts in the house.
to old habits.
xperience, I
more frugal
n Edmonton,
long to revert
nsing dishes,
ower, throwing
. After a year of
ambodia (with
us brush with
again it was an
enjoy a glass
tap water and
getables under
the tap run
teeth and we
ld water that
water to the
ut I catch
e water off
boiled eggs or pasta. They say
new habits form in a hundred
days, but it seems they can
be easily forgotten in familiar
circumstances.
Speaking of old habits reminds
me of the mantras I’m hearing
these pandemic days: when
we ‘get back to normal’ or ‘the
new normal.’ We are realizing
that ‘normal’ changes with
circumstances. To strain a water
metaphor, can we irrigate our
future with current learnings?
We long today for the closeness
of friends and family. We
acknowledge today the value of
exercise. Can we spread these
benefits across the field of our
lives, forward into our futures,
so that in next year’s ‘normal’
and the year after that’s ‘normal,’
we may remember to hold these
blessings sacred? ●
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