Why is Sleep so Important!!

What’s up with Sleeping!!

Why do we Sleep?? Often Sleeping is considered as an eternal bliss! But what is it that makes it so wonderful. Technically, it is only a vegetative state that most living organism witness, generally in order to allow the body to recover and rejuvenate. But, Sleeping becomes a bliss only when the body, or mind, is exhausted.

The reason why the Rich and prosperous ones are insomniac is- they don’t have anything to do. In contrast, a poor one has to break his back working day and night. In this sense, a good sleep can be compared to LUCK; it comes to those who toil and work, without thinking about the future. Why does a small child sleep so peacefully. May be because the small little being has been constantly learning and struggling with the loads of new things that she sees in the world; may be her body is already working so hard to adjust to the world and survive the challenges of life.
Often we observe that it is the most difficult task to sleep for the sake of sleeping. Whereas, a hard working person does not require to wait to sleep; he simply takes a break to catch his breath, and sleep catches him. This is the state that makes sleeping productive. Such a person wakes up all afresh and happy. Whereas, when someone tries to sleep, only because it is the time to sleep, even the heavy medications fail to do their job. This worthless sleeping is the cause of sadness and waste of time.

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