There was a time long before the dawn of humanity, or even life on earth, when the sea covered the whole planet and time went unmeasured, space was uncharted, the wind howled, gigantic electrical storms surged across the globe and water was everywhere. Then something sparked and life began in that vast ocean. Our ancient ancestors could be found in that strange soup, single-celled organisms that were anything but simple when one considers that they contained deoxyribonucleic acid, DNA, the basic ingredient of all life on Earth that would go on to become ever more layered and complex as life evolved.

Those early strands remain within all of us. Is it any wonder our connection to water is so strong? It is almost timeless, a thread which draws us back through history and prehistory, back through the early mammals, the dinosaurs, the amphibians, the fish—back to the water we came from.

Water comforts us. It washes us clean. It helps to heal our wounds. It quenches our thirst when we instinctively feel the need to replace the water our bodies lose through physical activity. Water fuels our bodies, even fuels thought itself for without this precious fluid, we would be dry and our blood would not flow, our eyes could not express emotion through tears. Our bodies are bags of water.

Go beyond what we see. Dig deeper using not a microscope but the power of mind and the information science has so far discovered. Go into the molecules of what appears as water and we see atoms spinning, little solar systems. How do they keep their distance from each other, we might ask. What occupies the space between those atoms, and between the particles inside those atoms? Some philosophers and writers, Deepak Chopra among them, would argue that this emptiness, this void, is anything but. It is here, in the darkness, we may find the universal consciousness residing.

We take so much for granted, water included. And yet water, like us, is so fragile that an increase in temperatures can make it evaporate into steam, rise into the sky and leave the ground below dry and lifeless. While so many of us enjoy water at the turn of a tap, millions more thirst for it every day and find little if any in their surroundings.

Water is anything but ordinary. It is more precious than diamonds. It is a mother to all life on Earth and it is the most fundamental of blessings because, without it, we would not exist at all.

If you look for miracles, look no further than your kitchen sink or bath-tub.