Day 7 - Sleep

I never, ever thought I'd hear myself say this: but I find joy in sleep. I have always hated it that I have to sleep. It seems like such a waste of time. I mean, do you realize if you sleep 8 hours a night you're sleeping away 1/3 of your life? One third! Oh, what I could do with that one third. And if we have to sleep that much could our days be at least 36 hours long instead of 24? But no. We need sleep and the day is only so long. I once saw a segment on 60 minutes talking about the value of good sleep and the comment from a sleep specialist suddenly resonated in me: (paraphrased here because my eidetic memory is on the fritz) "Sleep must be very important because in order to achieve efficient, quality sleep our senses rest as well, leaving us at our most vulnerable." Wow. Then sleep must be important to survival, ironically enough. And since then I have been getting more sleep and guess what? I'm more efficient during the daylight hours, I'm healthier and happier. So, here's to sleep! Zzzzzzzzzz........