I was recently in a public restroom. Now this may be too much information but here it goes. I observed that the commode was stainless steel and as the water sparkled I realized that even this water could be drank if necessary. Being in Haiti and how I have seen that people don’t have water and walk long distances to attain some brings much reality of how blessed we are here in America. Even our toilet water, in this particular restroom could and would be sufficient to drink ( if necessary). It was the beginning of the day and it was evident that few persons had been in this particular rest room. It brings perspective when one considers what one has seen and what life is like for others in a third world country.

I walked around town one day while it was raining and many had buckets out to collect the water.

In fact, as you see in this picture of the girl inside. Many of the local people don’t go outside during the rain.

Partly because the rain stirs up the ground since there is no sanitation system in place, when it rains it washes all the feces and urine all over the place and into the ocean.

Some perspective for the day. Toilet water, we could drink it if we had to. As I considered this aspect, I wept. We are so blessed in this Nation with a simple thing such as WATER!

Gary George | 619.855.5752 | P.O. Box 82311 | San Diego CA 92138