Are You Having Trouble Sleeping?

Old Photographs - Memories - Why Sleep

I was looking through some old photographs and the memories that came welling up left me saying to myself, “Why sleep?” Life is too short. You’ve heard the saying, “I’ll sleep when I’m dead.” I just ran across a photo of someone who lived life to the fullest and now, I guess he’s sleeping.

If you are familiar with the original “Jesus Christ Superstar” then you may remember this man. He played Judas. His name was Carl Anderson and he was one of the most amazing jazz vocalists I have ever heard. In 2004 just 4 days shy of his 58th birthday he left this world and we are poorer for it. Fortunately his legacy of amazing music and film stays behind to enrich our lives.

The reason I was into those particular old photos is I was looking for pictures of when I was doing massage backstage in Southern California. It was the late 1980’s and I had followed my passion into a number of wonderful situations. My passion? Bringing relief to musicians through massage. I could look at a musician and tell what instrument he or she played by the way they held their body. By where their tension was located.

I did my part, during that time, to bring massage out of the darkened room and into the light of awareness that it was for healing not for sexual gratification. For relief of stress and to increase productivity and creativity. It was a burning passion for me and I’m glad to be reminded of it. There are a bunch of great articles about finding and following your passion located on Passion Unlocks Prosperity.com that I recommend if you want to get back in touch with your passion… Or find it for the first time!

I’m sad to know that Carl Anderson is gone, but very grateful I had a chance to know him. He made every one around him feel good, whether it was because he was singing or just being himself.

Now that my second wind has kicked in, it’s after 1:30 this morning, I’m not likely to get to sleep anytime soon. You know, it is a tough line to walk. It seems either I’m not sleeping enough or I sleep too much. No happy medium. The research shows we need sleep. That lack of it will age us. But there is only so much life in our human bodies and how to get the most out of that life without a few sleepless nights.

Any thoughts?