We recently just got a puppy in my house. And she, eats, sleeps, eats, runs, eats, runs, sleeps, eats, eats, and eats. Typical puppy, right? Well we have two other dogs in my house as well and the smallest and oldest sometimes has a hard time finding the food bowl with out seeing the puppy standing over it. So we make ways for him to eat when shes out of the house or asleep.
Anyway, today i found him, our smalest trying to get into my bath tub. He could barely get his paws on the top of it let alone crwal in. I found it kinda funny like, one of those videos people take of their dogs and send into Americas Funniest Home Videos. But, once i realized he was trying to get into my tub to get water. I felt awful that I hadn't suppilied him with enough drinking water. So, I ran to the kitchen and got him a bowl of water to put in my room for him. He sat there and drank up what he wanted and found him a spot on my bed and fell right asleep.
And i know all of you are thinking, why is this girl telling me about her dog drink some water?
Well a thought hit me when i was watching him drink the water. He had to search the house for water because there wasn't any in the bowl where as i just walk into the kitchen and grab a glass out of the cabinet. It made me think, what about the kids that don't have running water in their house. It's not so simple to just get a glass of water then. What about the kids that live on the streets, the ones that don't have a place to call home? Or the children who don't have parents that can suport them and feed them, what do they do when they are thirsty?And the kids who live in 3rd world countrys, the ones living in poverty. The kids that people raise money for them to have a running well in their village. What will they do when that well breaks? And is it clean water? I'm sure it's not.

My whole thing is why do we take walking into the kitchen to get water for granted? What is that, 30 steps at the most? Where some people probably have to walk miles to get to clean water. We should be doing more to help those who can't do that. We all have so many great things in our lives that we don't think is a big deal, to us it's a small thing. When to others who are less fortunate than us it would be a big deal to have such nice luxuries.
All I'm trying to say is find a way to help out those without food and water. Because if it was you i'm sure you'd be thankful for the help. It doesn't have to be much, Donate to an organization or charity that helps people get clean water and food. Or drop a few cans of food off at your local food drive. If we all did small little things to help others more often it would have a huge impact!

That's just my thought of the day. Happy Martin Luther King day everyone!

Check these out:
www.freerice.com

www.winetowater.org

My school did a fundraiser for wine to water which is run by a man in our community.