Sleeping Hard

Last night I must have really fallen into a deep and rejuvenating sleep. When I woke for my usual bathroom breaks, I felt logy and my muscles were sore as if I had been working out. Waking and dreaming were hard to separate, and I admit that it took some doing to remember why I was awake and that I needed to crawl out of bed and into the bathroom.


I know that one reason we need sleep is so that our bodies can repair, upgrade, renew our cells. My body must be in massive need of such activity. According to a famous Harvard study, during sleep, your body creates protein necessary to help strengthen your immune system, provides much needed relief of stress on the heart, lowers your blood pressure and cholesterol levels, reduces stress, improves your memory, regulates your hormones, including appetite, improves your mood, and lessens the chance that you will develop diabetes.

Why do some nights affect you like you are working hard at fixing physical issues, and other nights just seem to be normal restful nights? I am not at all clear about the difference, but I suspect my body knows just what I need and makes sure that the little cleaning cells and worker cells are out there doing their utmost when necessary. I sure don't mind a night or two as long as it doesn't affect my daytime activities in a negative way.

I continue to marvel at the wonderful way we are created. Who would have dreamed up such a scheme for keeping a machine functioning without having to take it into the shop for extended shut down!