Well, here it is, one of those nights that I just can't sleep. Time for some therapy.
I have learned that after almost 50 years of living that my body seems to hurt a lot more than it used to at the end of each day. Tonight it was my knees and my back. But then again, I was trying to keep up with my 16 year old son in a game of basketball this evening. I guess a little pain and discomfort is to be expected. But I don't think that is why I can't get to sleep...
For the last hour and a half my mind has been racing while I tried to have visions of sugar plums dancing in my head. It was as if there was "a disturbance in the cosmos". As soon as one thought would leave my head, fifteen others seemed to take its place. Why is that I wonder?
All the usual bedtime techniques have failed me tonight. You know, the flipping of the pillow, taking deep cleansing breaths, counting sheep (well in my case I count Coney Island Hot Dogs but that's a blog for a different day). Anyway, here I am.
Maybe I'm worried that the world is going to end in December 2012 like the Mayan Calendar indicates. If that's the case, I might as well spend all my 401k money now and go out in style. Or maybe it's because my damn mattress is so uncomfortable. Whatever the reason, I'd really like to get some shut eye because unlike some people I really do need my beauty rest.
I am reminded of verse from the Bible that I learned as a teenager..."Cast all your anxiety on Him for He cares for you." I Peter 5:7 (NIV)
Well, while I might not know why I can't sleep tonight, I know somebody who does. Excuse me now, while I cast some anxiety His way.
Be Well.
Bill
