A New Year's thought, posted Jan. 1, 2013. This is quoted from Leo Buscaglia's "Living, Loving, & Learning", pp. 52-3, from an essay entitled: On Becoming You--
...Every day is new. Every flower is new. Every face is new. Everything in the world is new, every morning of your life. Stop seeing it as a drag! In Japan, the running of water is a ceremony. We used to sit in a little hut when the tea ceremony took place, and our host would pick up a scoop of water and pour it into the teapot, and everybody would listen. The sound of the falling water would be almost overpoweringly exciting. I think of how many people run showers and water in the sinks every single day and never hear it. When was the last time you listened to water? It's beautiful!