Water: Tranquil to Rabid

As you walk along the riverbed you see an old stump that would be perfect to lounge against for a short while. Once you've been seated for a few minutes you become amazed at the force the river has. This force has the ability to carry seeds from plants upstream to its new home further downstream, and provide a home for many species of fish. This is the moment you realise that you've not eaten or had anything to drink in a while, so you take out your small fishing pole and catch one of the native fish in the area. While it is cooking on the fire you have made, you fill your canteen with the refreshing mountain spring water on a hot summer day, and are thankful for if it were not for water you would not exist. As you sit and enjoy the feast you reminisce of childhood, running through the sprinkler on a hot summer day and this brings a smile to your face, and at that moment you wish a light shower would arrive to help cool you down.

As the happy thoughts start to fade, you now think of the destructive force water can be. Too many times you have witnessed on the news of riverbanks flooding and destroying crops, houses and wildlife, but where are the people to go, the river provides for them. You picture tsunamis ripping through entire countries, destroying everything in its path, and want to know how you can help them rebuild for the future, but also hope it never happens again.

Craig