Such a gift!
The opportunity to observe the Universe in the dark, quiet pre-dawn hours.
Why does it have such a bad name?—
Insomnia—“Not-sleepingness”—as if inadherence to a
conventional sleep pattern were somehow an infraction on Life.
Mid-nocturnal wakefulness is only a disease if you call it one.
I’ve done some of my best work in the middle of the night, and
my best sleep in the middle of the afternoon.
I have been blessed to have the freedom to do so.
It may come down to a standoff between my institutional
irreverence and the establishments—legal, medical, educational, corporate.
They have tried to define me for sixty years.
I have danced with all of them
and
as I sit hearing the clocks and my heart tick, I ultimately listen to my own voice.
“Insomnia” as a term comes from a scarcity mentality.
“Dear me, I haven’t enough”—in this case—“sleep.”
That may ring true in an alarm clock world, but that’s only one world out of many.
I like sleep.
I have nothing against sleeping through the night, overrated as it may be.
I won’t go as far as to give it a Latin name that means “not connected to one’s dreams.”
The opportunity to observe the Universe in the dark, quiet pre-dawn hours.
Why does it have such a bad name?—
Insomnia—“Not-sleepingness”—as if inadherence to a
conventional sleep pattern were somehow an infraction on Life.
Mid-nocturnal wakefulness is only a disease if you call it one.
I’ve done some of my best work in the middle of the night, and
my best sleep in the middle of the afternoon.
I have been blessed to have the freedom to do so.
It may come down to a standoff between my institutional
irreverence and the establishments—legal, medical, educational, corporate.
They have tried to define me for sixty years.
I have danced with all of them
and
as I sit hearing the clocks and my heart tick, I ultimately listen to my own voice.
“Insomnia” as a term comes from a scarcity mentality.
“Dear me, I haven’t enough”—in this case—“sleep.”
That may ring true in an alarm clock world, but that’s only one world out of many.
I like sleep.
I have nothing against sleeping through the night, overrated as it may be.
I won’t go as far as to give it a Latin name that means “not connected to one’s dreams.”
- May you sleep well, and live a life filled with colorful, abundant dreams.
- May your dreams be fulfilled.
- May you rise each day with awe, with gratitude for God’s restoring your soul, with a deep connection to your truth and to your internal time piece that measures your days, years, and life according to your unique rhythm.
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