Words To Live By

My brother turned me on an economic article. Usually these things bring the kind of excitement one gets when opening a jar of mayonnaise. This one may too, except for the second paragraph:

"When she sat down for dinner with her host family on her very first night, she asked for some water with her meal, a common request in the United States. Yet, the response she got from a 75-year-old Italian was not what she expected:"Wine is for drinking, water is for washing," he said. With this, she was welcomed into the world of living and studying abroad, and this incident stuck with her and became the theme of her valedictorian speech at her graduation ceremony 3 years later. She will always look upon a glass of water in a different light as will many who heard her speech."

So there's your thought for the day.