Someone once said that change is the only constant in the universe; it's something we all have to get used to and something we all have to accept. Our lives are full of changes: switching schools, new friends, new relationships, deaths, breakups, natural disasters... these are all facts of life.
But there is nothing worse, no day worse, than the morning after. Sleep seems to have this amazing power over us-- it makes us calm, makes us forget sometimes. So, something happens... let's make this one a natural disaster. A storm hits one day, and most of your possessions are lost. After long hours of trying to recuperate and find what was lost it's time to sleep. In your dreams, nothing of the day before reaches your slumbering mind... in dreams you're happy... and then you wake up the next morning... and like a tidal wave, reality hits, and you realize the day must continue without things being the way they used to be.
Time helps... with this natural disaster, time washes away the effects and the debris... but sometimes it's hard not the miss what was lost. A storm takes away the home you spent 12 years building, remodeling, and decorating... years later even, you're in a new home, starting over again, but you can't seem to find that perfect shade of green your curtains once were... you can stare at that curtain for the longest time, but the color isn't going to change. You just have to get used to it.
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Not all changes are bad. And not all mornings-after are unpleasant. Just remember that. For those changes that ARE bad, sleep is your bodie's response to the trauma. Just like when you're injured badly, your body releases endorphins to help you through it: sleep is your body's natural morphine: it puts off the pain a little while...lets you have peace of mind for just 7 or 8 more hours...gives you the strength to get through the morning after.
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