This month, I am writing with the Two Teachers Slice of Life group sharing bits and observations about life from my perspective. I have struggled with events in our country and our world, but have not shared my heavy thoughts lately Yet, these thoughts are keeping me awake; thus, this is a real 2 hour slice from my night.
"1:30?" my phone said indicating only 3 hours of sleep. I rolled over hoping to get back to sleep but...
That was not about to happen as I worried about my cousin paying $8.00 a gallon for gas to go back and forth to the hospital because...
I love and care about people fighting cancer and needing to drive to appointments as well as those who need to get to work, those pressured by rising food prices, even though...
"I know that their leadership was long oppressive to women, girls, and people who did not agree, but now there are even more people in Iran angrier than ever before and directing anger at us," I thought as my mind wandered again...
To the people who are growing increasingly angry, upset, frustrated with us in Saudi Arabia, Spain, Iceland, Cuba, Canada, Venezuela, England,....
And, who's talking about the ongoing government shut down, I am wondering, "Why aren't we talking about that? What about air traffic controllers and government employees not getting paid?" I mused noting the time was 2:30...
"Is this up and down stock market situation helping anyone? Should the markets be tanking? Why do they recover every day? Is a big crash coming? " I ponder tossing to the other side.....
"How are we going to get out of this mess? Is there an exit plan?" I thought as I tossed....
"Why didn't he take off that hat as they went by? Did the rules for a civilized society change? "I teared up thinking about families, lives altered...
"Is he talking about unleashing unimaginable force with a bomb?" my sleepy mind proposed to that part of me that might answer in the morning.....
"Should I be worried about sharing my worries publicly," I questioned my sleepy self trying in vain to quiet my sleepy brain, wondering.....
"Will the protests make any difference?" I said to myself, too scared to hear my answer at 3:30 in the morning when darkness covers glimpses of hope....
3 comments:
Yep, and yep, and yep, yep, yep. There's a lot to worry about and get in the way of sleep. The writing style of your post matches the tossing and turning. I hope you got back to sleep at some point.
Thank you for sharing this slice of the night of voices in the head. I'm sorry you had to deal with them, but relieved to know that I'm not the only one. So real.
Diane (newtreemom)
There is so much now to keep us awake.
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