When I was getting ready to go on my first trip overseas my Doctor told me to keep my mouth closed in the shower, as well as my eyes.  I had never thought about it before.  But getting dirty or unsafe water in my mouth or eyes through showering, or brushing my teeth, is a form of ingesting it - just like drinking it would be.  Today I was thinking about water (there's so much rain coming down in Colorado now that I am pretty sure I am not the only one thinking about water!) and feeling so grateful that if I got it in my eyes or mouth in my shower I didn't need to be concerned. It's something those of us who live in developed countries take for granted and don't really give much thought to.  But you would give thought to it if you had to hoof it a mile or so away and draw your own water that you knew would make you sick but you had no way to treat it.  You would give thought to it if you watched people you love retching because of ingesting disease ridden water. ...

Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.   Philip Gourevitch Denounce your atrocity of choice all you want but unless I see you doing something to aid in relieving it I'm not going to do much listening.  Sometimes actual aid isn't possible at the moment but the crazy thing about this world we live in is that something can always be done.  Maybe you are the one to start the doing instead of so much talking.  Or maybe you just need to do a little more research and find the person/organization who is already acting on it and join them.  Once our eyes are opened to something we then carry a responsibility to act on it in some way.  And the ways in which we act on it will be different for each person.  Whatever you are compelled or prompted to do...DO.  Don't shrink back, don't second guess, don't hesitate, DO.  (Be wise about it though.  If it's an organization you find to align yourself with then research them and mak...