Insomnia

Lately I have not been able to sleep. It seems that I always have too much on my mind and I can't seem to quiet down. My kids are great but I do have a teenager now and he is also trying to get into a great high school...so the pressures are high...all that along with work and life pressures. So almost every night I wake up around 4:00 staring at the ceiling. Trust me that really sucks because you really feel the pain when the lack of sleep starts to catch up to you later in the day. A good friend once told me that when insomnia hits, it is God trying to have a conversation with you. Well, I understood that and so I did a little praying. I think the lesson is that I just have to find a way to truly let go. I am an unfortunate ALPHA female and I am just wound way too tight. I really have to find time to release and enjoy this life. Now how does one go about doing that... Loooks like I will have to get back to you on that one... Sherri

Murphy

Last Wednesday, I didn't sleep very well the night before and to make matters worse it was rainy and straight depressing when I woke. I think I was having so much trouble sleeping because it just seems like there is so much on my mind lately that I can't seem to quiet all the questions when I try to sleep. I think I read somewhere that when you can't sleep, God is trying to talk with you..probably true... So I went in to work feeling some kind of way and as I walked the few blocks to my office I noticed a blind man walking. Now, I have seen this man before but this is the first time he and I were walking in the same direction. Well, we end up at the same intersection and he asks me to help him cross. I said "of course" and the we struck up a conversation. He said his name was Murphy. He was kind and sweet and incredibly upbeat. All I kept thinking was "WOW you are walking around here sad and this man with all of his limitations, he still has a positive outlook." I think God sent Murphy to me as a reminder that I have so much to be grateful for and the GOD has all of this under control. Have a great day! Sherri