Another day is done and all the little rechargeable batteries are going to their beds to stock up energy for another day tomorrow. Have you ever thought of yourself as a rechargeable battery. Try going without sleep and you will soon find out that's what you are. Sleep is a mystery to us. We understand very little about it; we just know we need it. Some people need less, some more. I am mildly bi-polar so my sleep patterns vary more than some people's. As I am retired and living on my own I can go with the flow. This morning I got up at 5.30 a.m. just because I felt wide awake. It's not that surprizing on a light summer morning. I can catch up on my sleep as I want. It's not so easy if you have a partner or a family to consider. Recently it was suspected I had Sleep Apnoea, you can find out if I did or not at this link Me and Sleep Apnea
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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