Thirsty?

There is nothing like a cold glass of water on a hot day to quench your thirst is there? You are incredibly thirsty, you need to be replenished, and of course, you want to cool off. The only thing that can totally mess you up is if someone offers you a glass of water - in the midst of your dehydration - and it's lukewarm. Do you drink the water anyway? Do you go and get some ice to make it cooler? Or do you go and find a cold glass of water, even though you are still thirsty? Well that's what daters seem like today: thirsty. Many people are "searching" for the "one" whether they want to admit it or not. But how many people are actually waiting for their thirst for love to be quenched? How many people are settling for that lukewarm lover because although it's not that cold glass of water...it's better than nothing?

It seems like all too often those in search of love become dehydrated from love's sustanence and turn to that lukewarm lover in hopes of having their thirst quenched; but, they remain thirsty.It seems balance is necessary in order to achieve anything in these modern times. With so much on the edge (changing economic pressures, rising health concerns, and failing marriages) our once structured society, overflowing with "rivers overflowing with water" has now become a thirsty desert of people who are only a shell of what they could be. What kind of dater are you?

Drinks the Lukewarm Water to Quench the Thirst
Boy meets girl, or vice versa the connection is satisfactory. Each are single, and ready to partner, but neither is really "impressed" with the other. She thinks he could be a little taller, he thinks she is a little too aggressive. But they're thirsty, so they empty each other's cup. Two years later, they have nothing in common, arguments are more frequent, and each is dehydrated, on the brink of dying of thirst.

Grabs Some Ice to Chill the Lukewarm Water
The connection is stimulating, but not exciting. They date, meet one another's respective significant friends and family and start making investments: a key to his place, driving her car, a vacation together. Clunk, clunk, clunk...the ice cubes fall into the water, cooling it off...making it more refreshing, and easing the thirst. Then, he looses a job, or she gains thirty pounds. Suddenly, they are thirsty again. They grab for a glass of water - and it's lukewarm! Suprised that their relationship could not "steady" itself in the midst of these transitions, they do what they did before...grab some ice to cool their water off....only to find out the water was too hot...the ice melts...and their glass of water is still lukewarm. They are thirsty and mad!

A Cold Glass of Water Will Only Quench the Thirst
Being thirsty ain't nothing new for these folks. They have "been there, done that" and have found a way to master thirst even in the hottest of temperatures. Life is a desert to them; but these folks are well diggers. They know, no matter how hot the climate, how high the sand dune, they will always have a shovel and a will, and no matter how hard they sweat, they have the stamina to dig for water. They know that under all that sand, under the intense heat of the sun, there is a source of water that is cool that will quench their thirst. It takes time, sometimes they are defeated by the heat...but they continue on. They believe the cold water is there, they trust it will quench their thirst, and they will work to get to it. They refuse lukewarm glasses of water, and they have no time for ice cubes. They are convinced there is only one type of water....natural, cold, and refreshing...that will quench their thirst. These folks although they remain "thirsty" longer than most, will have their thirst quenched and never be thirsty again.

What kind of dater are you? Will you let the heat get to you and grab the first lukewarm glass of water? Will you try to cover and change a lukewarm glass of water with some ice cubes? Will you dig, tired and all, until you reach that ever flowing well and wait until your thirst is no longer there, and finally quenched for good?

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