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Something We All Need

© Julie J. Murelle

Let's talk something necessary. Here is a clue. It trickles, rushes, sooths, cleanses and is a life force that we all need. It is one of the four basic elements and without it we would not be. Have you guessed today's stress relieving topic?

Water. H2o. Available, and refreshing but how can it relieve your stress? Read on.

Here are the most basic descriptions from the Merriam-Webster on-line dictionary (www.merriam-webster.com):

The wa*ter [1] (noun)

often attributive

[Middle English, from Old English waeter; akin to Old High German wazzar water, Greek hydor, Latin unda wave]

First appeared before 12th Century

1 a : the liquid that descends from the clouds as rain, forms streams, lakes, and seas, and is a major constituent of all living matter and that when pure is an odorless, tasteless, very slightly compressible liquid oxide of hydrogen which appears bluish in thick layers, freezes at 0 degrees C and boils at 100 degrees C, has a maximum density at 4 degrees C and a high specific heat, is feebly ionized to hydrogen and hydroxyl ions, and is a poor conductor of electricity and a good solvent

b : a natural mineral water -- usu. used in pl.

2 : a particular quantity or body of water: as

a (1) plural : the water occupying or flowing in a particular bed

(2) chiefly British : LAKE, POND

b : a quantity or depth of water adequate for some purpose (as navigation)

c plural (1) : a band of seawater abutting on the land of a particular sovereignty and under the control of that sovereignty

(2) : the sea of a particular part of the earth

d : WATER SUPPLY

3 : travel or transportation on water

4 : the level of water at a particular state of the tide : TIDE

5 : liquid containing or resembling water: as

a (1) : a pharmaceutical or cosmetic preparation made with water

(2) : a watery solution of a gaseous or readily volatile substance -- compare AMMONIA WATER

b archaic : a distilled fluid (as an essence); especially : a distilled alcoholic liquor

c : a watery fluid (as tears, urine, or sap) formed or circulating in a living body

d : AMNIOTIC FLUID; also : BAG OF WATERS

6 a : the degree of clarity and luster of a precious stone

b : degree of excellence

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