By Judy Young

Growing up, we drank our water straight from the kitchen faucet. I don’t do that anymore—mainly because I live in a 100-year-old home that hasn’t been updated yet. If the faucet sits unused long enough, the water sometimes comes out yellow! For the same reason, I don’t fill ice trays to freeze ice at home.

But I love my drinks ice cold—water, soda, juice—you name it. So I rely on bags of ice that come into my home ready-made. Most days, if I still have ice left in my cup, I’ll put it back in the freezer to refreeze and save it for later. (Am I being frugal? Totally. Lol :D)

I watch how this ice goes through many transformations…

Sometimes it melts right into my drink, which I then consume, becoming another liquid inside my body, dispersed as needed. ;)

Sometimes I leave my cup out too long, and condensation forms on the outside, leaving a little ring of water on the table. Of course, that water gets wiped up and transferred to a cloth or paper towel, then disposed of or used elsewhere (trash, washing machine, whatever).

Sometimes, after finishing my drink, the leftover ice has melted into water at the bottom. If it hasn’t melted too much, I put the cup back in the freezer to turn that water back into ice for another round. If it’s too melted, I pour it down the sink.

After learning about the Law of Perpetual Transmutation, I’ve become fascinated by this whole process and realize how often I witness it every day! The easiest way to understand this, in my opinion, is through water and its many forms—vapor, mist, liquid, snow, rain, hail, ice, and more.

From my example, I now see that water never disappears—it just is. In one form or another, it’s always present. And I realize it’s simply a matter of calling forth—or bringing forth—the particular form I need in any given moment. I can take part in creating whichever form I want, whether it’s freezing water into ice, letting it melt into a drink, or forming condensation on a glass. It’s always there. What I do directly influences what form the water takes.