Friday, February 29, 2008

Are you sleeping enough?

Interesting article in Reuters today about how little sleep Americans get. (CLICK HERE to read it)

Here's my favorite quote: "We don't realize that sleep is a vital part of overall health and that chronic sleep loss is related to both physical and mental health issues," she added. "It's getting worse."

Perhaps we all take too many prescription drugs and are just too stressed. But whose fault is that? Pills cannot solve all of life's problems. Stress is something to deal with--not to medicate away. But let's not be simplistic because it's easy to look at medical issues and life's problems in absolute terms. If there's one thing I've learned it's that nothing in life is unsolvable. Persistence does pay and you make your own happiness. Give it a try!

And, in spite of our miserable winter weather, take a walk and thank God for life itself.

GRATITUDE IS AN ATTITUDE