Slumberless

I am back to the not sleeping thing; I knew last weekend was too good to be true. This long drawn out bout of sleeplessness has given me copious amounts of time to sort out some matters and ponder life’s unanswered questions. I won’t tell you my version of the answers just yet; we’ll save that for another blog entry, on another sleepless night.
My body is starting to hate my brain and its nonexistent capability to shut down for more than a couple of hours at a time. These are the things I am thinking about while the majority of you sleep soundly and most likely peacefully while I am not. Bitter? Me? Never.

Venus is supposed to be really bright and beautiful this time of year.

Why would they make a “Dumbed-down” version of the New Testament? Is it trendy, or are we as society becoming hopeless and inept?

I overheard a lady say “I am not at all concerned about the oil spill, it won’t affect me at all”… Uhmm hello lady, yes it will! The audacity and ignorance of some people still surprises me.

I believe in magic.

My new “friend” is more than astonishing, he has the most beautiful soul, and it is almost breathtaking. He is a gift sent to me. I wish I knew his name. I ask - he shares, that has been our relationship for the last two days. He has taught English as a second language during the Korean War, he travelled India North to South by motorbike; he was a door-to-door salesman in Japan and now he’s chosen here to retire. I only hope we get to have coffee with him more often, I have so much I want to ask him. However, if I never see him again, I wish him well. Those two cups of coffee changed me.