"Go to bed" my mamma said "Why?" I thought, but dared not ask That was me when I was young There was always something new to be done. The years rolled on, mom dragged me out Kicking and screaming out of bed With half shut eyes and hanging head I’d be banished off to school after being fed A couple of decades down the line I thought "Oh wouldn’t it be divine? If I could get but a few extra winks Why do babies bawl to sleep?" I would think The clock has come full circle now As second childhood beckons me Believe me, I do know, for that is why I kick and scream to say good night.
When we retire at night The precious sleep eludes us, When it's time to get out of the bed Sleep embraces derailing schedules. When we're shooed away to school We hated our studies & routines. We now long to learn everything in sight While nobody cares to hear us out! We get what we don't want or We don't want what we easily get!
Irony of life, isn't it, Geeta? Natural curiosity makes learning interesting. Anything that is imposed kills all that joy.
I am the boss, I am the boss, says the mind The pain in the body tells the mind we need to rest Who in the world will solve the millions that need resolution Asks the mind with passion and the friendly voice I yield to the mind knowing he is my best friend, not knowing its hidden agenda is not to loose control Alas, finally the nature takes over and the body embraces rest, eyes shut, ears stop listening, mouth shut, nose stops smelling and the skin fail to feel the warmth of the pillow, bed and the sheet The mind gives up in frustration knowing I went to a land where I can never feel the mind and loose the time and space, suddenly all of that experience disappears and mind reinstate all of those problems back and I become an ignorant being, performing actions assuming I am the doer, not knowing the world of bliss is a low hanging fruit and it is the mind that keeps my hands tied.
True Viswa. Studies show that sleep is very essential for weight problems, to help muscles relax sufficiently to ease pain etc. Blessed are those whose minds shut up completely for at least a few hours. It is really annoying to keep twisting and turning and never being sure when that mind will pipe up and take over completely. Anyway, each day is different and we take it as it comes. But I have surely found my answer to why babies refuse to go to sleep!