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Sleep it off

A good laugh and a long sleep are the two best cures for anything.   Irish Proverb I think todays' quote/proverb speaks to me because I haven't been sleeping well.  So a long sleep, a nap, sounds great right about now.  :) Actually I really do think this proverb holds some truth.  Sometimes a good nap gives us fresh or new perspective.  And we all know how good laughter is for the soul.  As another proverb says, "A cheerful heart is good medicine but a broken spirit saps a person's strength." (attributed to King Solomon)  Sometimes all we need is a good gut busting laugh and/or a nap.  A few years back I was back and forth on a decision for months.  I just couldn't decide how to handle a particular situation.  It was troubling just below the surface of my life and I had lost perspective on the best way to handle it.  One afternoon I was hit with an exhaustion that made me take a rare nap.  I think I had slept for about 20 ...