This is water. It is something very normal. Every person drinks water. People take water in a glass and drink it. If you reflect, water is greater than a super miracle. Science tells us that our planet had several gases long time back. These gases combined, which produced water. Water comes into existence when two gases, hydrogen and oxygen, combine. Then this water fell on the earth as rain and filled the oceans. Three-fourths of our planet is constituted of water. This is how God created water. We need water in great quantity. Everything contains water.

Our body is more than 80% water. Whatever we eat, for example vegetables, contains water. For every kind of work, we need water. We require a lot of water. God created water in large amounts and let it be stored in the oceans. Once water is stored in the oceans, a problem which arose was that it might rot there. This ocean water needed preservative. Preservatives help in protection. God added 3.5% salt in the ocean waters. This salt content acts as a preservative and prevents water from rotting. But now the question was how would someone drink salty water?

What should one do? You can neither drink this water nor use it for irrigation. You can at most wash your hands with it. What did God do? He made a universal arrangement. The sun which is far away from the earth, 92,900,000 miles away, sends its heat to the oceans. This heat generates vapour from the oceans. This vapour rises up. God made salt heavier than water vapour. Water vapour is lighter than salt. Because of being heavy, salt remains behind while vapour rises up and separates. Then a universal mechanism comes into play: it leads to rain, which is comprised of fresh water. This is a great mechanism of de-salination. When you drink a glass of water, you should reflect on all these facts. You will be thrilled at it. Then you thank God: God, the water You have given is indeed very unique!All these thoughts would lead you to feel thrilled.

Yesterday a person called me and said he knew how to thank God in the usual way by saying Subhanallah and Alhamdulillah. But this was a routine kind of thanksgiving. He asked how he should develop living gratitude for God, one that increases conviction in faith. I told him about this and asked him to initiate a process of thinking in his mind. This kind of thankfulness comes from thinking. If we memorize some words and keep repeating them on certain occasions, that would not be enough. Thankfulness that generates super thrill comes after thinking and activating our mind. The more you activate your mind, the more you are able to thank God deeply.