This week's word is something I have very much experience with. I am a nap taker. As a kid, I never remember being very good at quietening myself, and taking a rest, but when I turned thirty, I discovered naps, and am real glad I did.
What is wonderful about my situation, is that my naps have no effect on me sleeping at night. I can get a good night's sleep, get up in the morning, eat breakfast, open up a newspaper, wake up a coupla' hours later, do a few chores, eat lunch, open up a newspaper, get up after a few hours nap, go out and do a few things, and my night of rest is never affected.
Before he passed, my father-in-law, Homer, used to tell me that I got way too much sleep. I would argue with him that I did not get too much sleep, that I got just the right amount of sleep. I look at it this way, there is a lot of evil in this world, I am off in a major Metropolitan area, with time on my hands. I can spend that time running the streets, taking a chance on getting into trouble, or I can spend that time napping. My choice is napping. I very seldom have nightmares, and often have pretty neat dreams, and they are free!
For many people in the world today, there never seems to be enough hours in the day. Taking a nap is such an unheard of luxury for so many. A rested body and a rejuvenated mind is so much more efficient that a person CAN afford a little downtime, and get just as much done.
Well, I guess I could go on, but, I feel a nap coming on. Maybe my dream will continue!!
3 comments:
Naps are really cool on cloudy rainy days I think.
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G
I've never been a nap taker, but I certainly envy them. How great it must be to put the whole world on hold for a few minutes (or a few hours!) while you stretch out and catch a ZZZZZZZ or two.
My dad was a napping kind of guy. Both he and his father were power nappers. They could lie down for ten minutes and be as refreshed as if they'd had a full night's rest. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that they both stood on their feet all day.
I don't know the science behind being able to drop into a deep sleep in a matter of seconds, but I do know that Daddy's power naps like a coma. When a big tornado came right over our house in the mid-80s, Daddy was home for lunch and was "closing his eyes for a few minutes" before retuning to work. He slept through the whole thing and was shocked to see our little community in shambles when he awoke. Now that's a man who knows and appreciates a good nap.
NAPS ARE AWESOME!!
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