Sometimes the answer is water

Because water is the essence of you

“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.”
–Kahlil Gibran

When little makes sense, and the world feels oppressive, and you have a mild headache too, you might need to return to your essence. Sometimes the answer is water.

And yet.

Humans obsess over fire; totem of creation and conquest. We huddle close to its forms—the flame, the e…