Slow Day

You know those days where time flies by really slowly...
When every minute feels like an hour?

When the weather accentuates the mood you are in...
Windy, cold, tired, weak

When you have a bunch of stuff to do...
And wish it would evaporate.

Yeah... today is one of those days.

Today is one of those days
Where you get back an unwanted assignment
Today is one of those days
When you just want to roll up in your bed and hibernate
Today is one of those days
When you finally notice you are slipping.

"PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!"

Freedom

If I can sum up my weekend in one picture it would be this.

Art

I admire art.

Music

Where would we all be without music.

That lullaby that helped us sleep at night
That melody that created that warm fuzzy feeling that we often deny

Those powerful lyrics that made us feel like we are not the only one
Those background beats that allowed us to stand up and dance

The annunciation of speech that brought chills down our spinal cord
The realm of escape that allowed us to forget where we stand with the world

Music on. World off.

Sleep

Today my friend introduced a sleep theory called "Sleep Debt". What is funny is that it makes a lot of sense.

She made the observation that sleep is kind of like a bank. When you are awake you are constantly spending time and energy to the world, which acts as a deposit system. When you sleep you are revitalizing your body from the world, which acts as a withdrawal system.

However, when you do not set aside a certain amount of hours your body needs to rest... then that in itself is sleep debt. What happens when one falls into sleep debt? The individual starts to fall asleep in lectures, while studying, and even worst while eating... WHY does this happen? You see, the body is trying to catch up on the hours it missed by telling the mind that it needs more withdrawal from the hours put into sleeping. Our bodies keep count of the number of hours we operate in the real world. Therefore, make up the amount of sleep debt you all have. I still struggle with this because as college students it is very hard to set aside our studies to sleep. But, if you want to be effective and efficient you must sleep.

One more fact before I go on with my day is that it is proven that spicy stuff makes it difficult for you to sleep at night. Proven fact by the news. So if you ask yourself, "why am I such an insomniac?" Examine what you ate ya'll!

Health

There was an event with the school of policy planning and development where alums came to meet undergraduate and graduate students. Just to give you guys a better sense of my major, there are a total of five tracks: public policy, public management, real estate development, urban planning, and healthcare development.

I met with someone in the healthcare field and they claimed that we (as in the U.S.) are 15 years behind the global health care policies. I just thought that was interesting. The path that a lot of global countries are taking is geared towards this social healthcare where it provides an efficient method to have health insurance. The question that rises is... Why is a powerhouse country like the United States behind in a significant field? mmm we shall see how Obama implements his healthcare policies.

Health,
An unpredictable force ready to strike at any moment.
Many have experienced and suffered
Many have fallen
Many have survived

When I was little. My Mom and Dad would always pray for their children's health. I did not understand the logic of praying for one's health because I assumed everyone was simply healthy. You see... when you think about health you think of well being. Parents... or even people in general want to see this development of well being because it is the social norm. Health is very important because it represents the outcome and development of individuals. Therefore, every time I listen to my parents pray about the family's health I am thankful and encouraged and pray on their behalf as well. Our parents are aging. It really made a profound impact on me when I began to notice that my parents began to show weaknesses in their actions that they did not portray as my siblings and I grew up from k-12. Age has left its mark.

On another note. I am doing the AIDS walk this Sunday with my frat for our philanthropy. It feels..good.

Do everything while you still can.

Stress

Burden,

that black stain attached to the center of every heart,

coiled around every valve to suffocate every beat of the heart,

tied to a weight that makes the heart sink at every hand that ticks to a clock.

silence *pop*

The annoyance of time tocking with no stop,

Time... please... can you not?

Unravel what must be seen,

Tear the seal away from its place

And find nothing more

nor nothing less

Please, let moral codes be set in place

For burden storms seek to reap my place.