MY RELIGION      By BBWrighter2020

I’m not the praying kind of person. I don’t admire any deity if there is one, a God, I mean. Why would she want humans to waste time in prayers? 

“Get busy, get something done!” she would say. 

Wouldn’t it be better to insist on multi-tasking instead of wasting time in meaningless prayer? 

Instead of prayer, one should self-talk or meditate while performing any one of human’s necesssary tasks.

 I have recently decided that if I have to show honor to a higher power, then I wish to honor REAL power. This power, for me, is the power that forms the universe, builds all of us, and controls all our needs.

I shall honor and worship the atom.

The atom is the building block of all matter. Matter makes up everything, from humans to our Earth and everything on it. The matter is of what all the stars and planets in the entire universe are made.

But I agree, it would be a pretty big task to worship every atom in the universe, so I think I’ll praise the holy trinity of atoms: two hydrogens and one oxygen. These three atoms together form the magnificent, the immortal, the ubiquitous WATER molecule.

Water is the giant among all the molecular compounds which elemental atoms form.

Water is an anomaly. Why is it called an anomaly?  That means it is different, not like other molecules.  For starters, this little water molecular is a universal solvent. It can dissolve or breakdown just about any substance given enough time. Then water can transport those suspended pieces to other places. The Earth would be a nearly static, unchanging planet without the eroding and depositing ability of water. Over time water creates and destroys mountains and fills up valleys.

Another anomaly of water is that being one of the very smallest of all molecules in existence, even smaller than most of the other elemental atoms. Water can easily flow in and out of the cells of living things. It flows all on its own, going from places of high concentration to areas of low concentration, thereby regularly supplying cells with all the water they need without these cells having to spend any energy. Then that same water can move back out of a cell all on its own also, thereby all the processes of life can proceed being suspended in the miracle molecule.

Water also absorbs a lot of heat; it has one of the highest specific heats among common substances. Therefore, water can absorb loads of heat before it rises in temperature. Then water holds onto that heat for a long time before releasing it very slowly over time. This one little fact keeps snow from melting too suddenly in the springtime as the air temperatures rise in the mountain. The slowing melting snow can better ensure a steady supply of river water throughout the dry summer days.

And weirdly, water is the only compound that expands when it freezes, so frozen water takes up more space making it less dense. Therefore, ice floats instead of sinking to the bottoms of lakes, streams, and oceans. The floating frozen water insulates the water below and keeps deep waters from completely freezing and therefore killing all the life in those oceans, lakes, and reservoirs.

Well, that is a small glimpse of my respect for the water molecule and its marvelous, almost magical abilities.

So welcome to my church, go ahead and jump into the pool. Lay back and float. Feel the power with me of my personal spiritual and omnipresent God as it supports, cools, and restores your body. 

Pray with me, but work while you do pray, get some work done. Water cannot do everything for you.