Water for thirst

When I was a kid mineral water or bottle water was luxury. When we were thirsty, we used to drink water from whichever source we can find. Mineral water or bottles water was never a demand. We used to find a tap from which we can drink water. We would put our hands together to make a cup out of our hands so that we can drink water.

I remember when we use to play we never even use to carry a bottle of water from our house. We want to just go outside and play. After playing we used to get thirsty. We would either go to our neighbours houses to ask them for water. Else we would find a tap nearby and we put drink directly from the tap. We put not care if the water has come from a trusted source. We did not care whether the water was filtered or purified. Water was just water so that we can drink it.

Surprisingly we never well ill because of drinking water from an untrusted source. We would drink water from anywhere without worrying about the microbes that it would carry. We were carefree.

Also I remember that we did not have a water filter at my house till mid 2000. In house also we used to drink tap water without boiling without filtering. The elders felt that the water filtration system was unnecessary. And how true that was. It was unnecessary at that time. There was less pollution during that era. Everything was of superior quality. Everything was cleaner, presumably.

When I look back I find it hard to believe. Today, I am someone who always carries water from my house. I never leave my house without a bottle of water. When I visit someone's house I drink water from their house only after ensuring that they have a water filter. I don't trust tap water now. Of course I am not one of those who goes and buys mineral water. I would rather die of thirst than drinking tap water or buying the mineral water. And it is not because I had grown up. It is because how the times have changed.

If someone ask me today if they should do what we did in our childhood, like drinking the tap water. I would definitely not allow that. I know over the years how the water has been polluted. The tap water is not something that is to be trusted. Nobody should drink tap water if they care about their health.

I am a millennial but definitely I am not stuck in the time. Somethings definitely need to change. Anything that needs to be changed for safety and health, then those changes are absolutely mandatory. I drank tap water in my childhood that does not mean I would advise that to anybody.

There are somethings that we had learnt from our past and we are no longer holding into those. Drinking water from the untrusted sources being one of them.

Lastly I would say not all stories from millennial are inspirational. Some stories definitely require caution based on the experiences and the current times.