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Allison
Being born with no arms or legs, I had always wondered what my purpose was. At five years old I began asking God, "Why?" Over time, the answer has been slowly revealed to me. This blog is the story of my life as well as the lessons that I have learned while living the life that God has given me. It is my prayerful hope that you discover purpose in your own life by drawing closer to the One who created us all just the way He intended to - beautifully.
go to Allison
Allison is beautiful
Subject: Evergreen memories
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>When
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>The school reopened in June,
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>And we settled in our new desks and
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>benches!
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>When we queued up in book depot,
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>And got our new books and notes!
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>When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays ,
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>Yet managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.
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>We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and
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>Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then Micro tips!
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>When we began drawing with crayons and evolved to
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>Color pencils and finally sketch pens!
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>When we started calculating
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>first with tables and then with
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>Clarke's tables and advanced to
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>Calculators and computers!
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>When we chased one another in the
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>corridors in Intervals , and returned to the classrooms
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>Drenched in sweat!
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>When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,
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>Playgrounds,
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>under the trees and even in cycle sheds!
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>When all the colors in the world ,
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>Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays!
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>When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
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>Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons!
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>When cricket was played with writing pads as bats ,
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>And Neckties and socks rolled into balls!
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>When few played
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>"kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,
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>While others simply played
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>"book cricket" in the
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>Confines of classroom!
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>Of fights but no conspiracies,
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>Of Competitions but seldom jealousy!
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>When we used to
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>watch Live Cricket telecast,
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>In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks!
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>When few rushed at 3:45 to
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>"Conquer" window seats in our School bus!
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>While few others had "Big Fun", "peppermint" ,
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>"kulfi", " milk ice !" and "sharbat !" at 4o Clock!
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>Gone are the days
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>Of Sports Day,
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>and the annual School Day ,
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>And the one-month long
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>preparations for them.
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>Gone are the days
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>Of the stressful Quarterly,
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>Half Yearly and Annual Exams , And the most
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>enjoyed holidays after them!
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>Gone are the days
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>Of tenth and twelfth standards, when
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>We Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests!
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>We learnt,
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>We enjoyed ,
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>We played,
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>We won,
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>We lost,
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>We laughed,
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>We cried,
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>We fought,
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>We thought.
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>With so much fun in them, so many friends,
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>So much experience, all this and more!
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>Gone are the days
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>When we used
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>to talk for hours with our friends!
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>Now we don't have time to say a 'Hi'!
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>Gone are the days
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>When we played games on the road!
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>Now we
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>Code on the road with laptop!
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>Gone are the days
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>When we saw stars
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>Shining at Night!
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>Now we see stars when our code doesn't
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>Work!
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>Gone are the days
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>When we sat to chat with Friends on grounds!
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>Now we chat in chat rooms.....!
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>Gone are the days
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>Where we
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>studied just to pass!
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>Now we study to save our job!
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>Gone are the days
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>Where we had no money in our pockets and still fun filled on our
>hearts!!
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>Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart !!
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>Gone are the days
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>Where we shouted on the road!
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>Now we don't shout even at home
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>Gone are the days
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>Where we got lectures from all!
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>Now we give lectures to all... like the one I'm doing now....!!
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>Gone are the days
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>But not the memories, which will be
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>Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and
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>Ever and ever and ever .....
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>Gone are the Days.... But still there are lot more Days to come in our
>Life!!
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>NO MATTER HOW BUSY YOU ARE ,
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>DONT FORGET TO
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>LIVE THE LIFE THAT STILL
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>EXISTS....
another one from Babu
Seems like a just one of those touching stories....but sometimes it is the
>most obvious thing that we miss to see - Read on ... what goes around comes
>around...
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>He almost didn't see the old lady, stranded on the side of the road,but
>even in the dim light of day, he could see she needed help. So he pulled
>up in front of her Mercedes and got out. His Pontiac was still sputtering
>when he approached her.
>
>Even with the smile on his face, she was worried. No one had stopped to
>help for the last hour or so. Was he going to hurt her? He didn't look
>safe; he looked poor and hungry. He could see that she was frightened,
>standing out there in the cold.He knew how she felt. It was that chill
>which only fear can put in you.
>
>He said, 'I'm here to help you, ma'am. Why don't you wait in the car where
>it's warm? By the way, my name is Bryan Anderson."
>
>Well, all she had was a flat tire, but for an old lady, that was bad
>enough. Bryan crawled under the car looking for a place to put the jack,
>skinning his knuckles a time or two. Soon he was able to change the tire.
>But he had to get dirty and his hands hurt. As he was tightening up the lug
>nuts, she rolled down the window and began to talk to him. She told him
>that she was from St. Louisana was only just passing through. She couldn't
>thank him enough for coming to her aid. Bryan just smiled as he closed her
>trunk.
>
>The lady asked how much she owed him. Any amount would have been all right
>with her. She already imagined all the awful things that could have
>happened had he not stopped. Bryan never thought twice about being paid.
>This was not a job to him. This was helping someone in need, and God knows
>there were plenty who had given him a hand in the past. He had lived his
>whole life that way, and it never occurred to him to act any other way.
>
>He told her that if she really wanted to pay him back, the next time she
>saw someone who needed help, she could give that person the assistance they
>needed, and Bryan added, "And think of me." He waited until she started her
>car and drove off.
>
>It had been a cold and depressing day, but he felt good as he headed for
>home, disappearing into the twilight. A few miles down the road the old
>lady saw a small cafe. She went in to grab a bite to eat, and take the
>chill off before she made the last leg of her trip home. It was a dingy
>looking restaurant. Outside were two old gas pumps. The whole scene was
>unfamiliar to her. The waitress came over and brought a clean towel to wipe
>her wet hair. She had a sweet smile, one that even being on her feet for
>the whole day couldn't erase.
>The old lady noticed the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant, but she
>never let the strain and aches change her attitude. The old lady wondered
>how someone who had so little could be so giving to a stranger. Then she
>remembered Bryan.
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>After the old lady finished her meal, she paid with a hundred dollar bill.
>The waitress quickly went to get change for her hundred dollar bill, but by
>then the old lady had slipped right out the door.
>
>She was gone by the time the waitress came back The waitress wondered where
>the lady could be. Then she noticed something written on the napkin.
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>There were tears in her eyes when she read what the lady wrote: "You don't
>owe me anything. I have been there too. Somebody once helped me out, the
>way I'm helping you. If you really want to pay me back, here is what you
>do: Do not let this chain of love end with you." Under the napkin were
>four more $100 bills.
>
>Well, there were tables to clear, sugar bowls to fill, and people to serve,
>but the waitress made it through another day.
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>That night when she got home from work and climbed into bed, she was
>thinking about the money and what the lady had written.How could the lady
>have known how much she and her husband needed it? With the baby due next
>month, it was going to be hard. She knew how worried her husband was, and
>as he lay sleeping next to her, she gave him a soft kiss and whispered soft
>and low, Everything's gonna be all right. I love you, Bryan Anderson.
>
>"There is an old saying "What goes around comes around." Today, I sent you
>this story, and I'm asking you to pass it on ... Let this light shine.
>Don't delete it. Please pass this on to a friend and one day it will come
>back to you.
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>Good friends are like stars....You don't always see them, but you know they
>are always there.
>Be good to people you meet on your way up! Do not look down on anyone and
>it shall be well with your soul.
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>
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>Men are not prisoners of fate, but of their own minds.
>-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
>
Babu again
I showered and shaved............... I adjusted my tie.
> >> >
> >> > I got there and sat.............. In a pew just in time.
> >> >
> >> > Bowing my head in prayer......... As I closed my eyes.
> >> >
> >> > I saw the shoe of the man next to me..... Touching my own. I
> >>sighed.
> >> >
> >> > With plenty of room on either side...... I thought, "Why
> >> >
> >> > Must our soles touch?"
> >> >
> >> > It bothered me, his shoe touching mine... But it didn't
> >> >
> >> > Bother him much.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > A prayer began: "Our Father"............. I thought, "This
> >> >
> >> > Man with the shoes.. Has no pride.
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> >> > They're dusty, worn, and scratched. Even worse, there are holes
> >> >on the side!"
> >> >
> >> > "Thank You for blessings," the prayer went on.
> >> >
> >> > The shoe man said............... A quiet "Amen."
> >> >
> >> > I tried to focus on the prayer....... But my thoughts were
> >> >
> >> > On his shoes again
> >> >
> >> > Aren't we supposed to look our best.. When walking through that
> >> >door?
> >> >
> >> > "Well, this certainly isn't it," I thought, Glancing toward the
> >> >floor.
> >> >
> >> > Then the prayer was ended............ And the songs of praise
> >>began.
> >> >
> >> > The shoe man was certainly loud...... Sounding proud as he
>sang.
> >> >
> >> > His voice lifted the rafters......... His hands were raised
> >> > high.
> >> >
> >> > The Lord could surely hear.. The shoe man's voice from the sky.
> >> >
> >> > It was time for the offering......... And what I threw in was
> >>steep.
> >> >
> >> > I watched as the shoe man reached.... Into his pockets so deep.
> >> >
> >> > I saw what was pulled out............ What the shoe man put in.
> >> >
> >> > Then I heard a soft "clink" . As when silver hits tin.
> >> >
> >> > The sermon really bored me.......... To tears, and that's no
>lie
> >> >
> >> > It was the same for the shoe man..... For tears fell from his
> >>eyes.
> >> >
> >> > At the end of the service........ As is the custom here
> >> >
> >> > We must greet new visitors. And show them all good cheer.
> >> >
> >> > But I felt moved somehow............ And wanted to meet the
>shoe
> >> > man
> >> >
> >> > So after the closing prayer......... I reached over and shook
> >> >his hand.
> >> >
> >> > He was old and his skin was dark..... And his hair was truly a
> >> > mess
> >> >
> >> > But I thanked him for coming........ For being our guest.
> >> >
> >> > He said, "My names' Charlie......... I'm glad to meet you, my
> >> >friend."
> >> >
> >> > There were tears in his eyes........ But he had a large, wide
> >> > grin
> >> >
> >> > "Let me explain," he said.......... Wiping tears from his eyes.
> >> >
> >> > "I've been coming here for months.... And you're the first to
> >> >say 'Hi.'"
> >> >
> >> > "I know that my appearance........."Is not like all the rest
> >> >
> >> > "But I really do try................"To always look my best."
> >> >
> >> > "I always clean and polish my shoes. "Before my very long walk.
> >> >
> >> > "But by the time I get here........."They're dirty and dusty,
> >> >like chalk."
> >> >
> >> > My heart filled with pain............ And I swallowed to hide
>my
> >> >tears
> >> >
> >> > As he continued to apologize......... For daring to sit so
>near.
> >> >
> >> > He said, "When I get here..........."I know I must look a
>sight.
> >> >
> >> > "But I thought if I could touch you.."Then maybe our souls
>might
> >> >unite."
> >> >
> >> > I was silent for a moment............ Knowing whatever was said
> >> >
> >> > Would pale in comparison... I spoke from my heart, not my head.
> >> >
> >> > "Oh, you've touched me," I said......"And taught me, in part;
> >> >
> >> > "That the best of any man..........."Is what is found in his
> >>heart."
> >> >
> >> > The rest, I thought,................ This shoe man will never
> >>know.
> >> >
> >> > Like just how thankful I really am... That his dirty old shoe
> >> >touched my soul
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > You are special to me and you have made a difference in my
>life.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > I respect you, and truly cherish you.
> >> > Send this to your friends,
> >> >
> >> > No matter how often you talk,
> >> >
> >> > Or how close you are,
> >> > And send it to the person who sent it to you.
> >> >
> >> > Let old friends know you haven't forgotten them, and tell
> >> >
> >> > New friends you never will.
> >> >
> >> > Remember, everyone needs a friend.
> >> >
> >> > Someday you might feel like you have no friends at all.
> >> > Just remember this e-mail and take comfort in knowing that
> >> >
> >> > Someone out there cares about you..... And always will.
> >> >
> >> > Just Me
> >>
> >>
and yet again
A little boy got on the bus, sat next to a man reading a book, and
noticed he had his collar on backwards. The little boy asked why he
wore his collar that way.
The man, who was a priest, said, "I am a Father."
The little boy replied, "My Daddy doesn't wear his collar like that."
The priest looked up from his book and answered "I am the Father of
many."
The boy said, "My Dad has 4 boys, 4 girls and two grandchildren, and he
doesn't wear his collar that way."
The priest, getting impatient, said, "I am the Father of hundreds" and
went back to reading his book.
The little boy sat quietly thinking for a while, then leaned over and said,
"Maybe you should wear your pants backwards instead of your collar."
How to Wake Up As Soon As the Alarm Goes Off
Do you have trouble waking up on time in the mornings despite desperate attempts to do so? Are you afraid you might lose your job or fail a class because you can’t get up in time? While most people can simply set an alarm clock and get up at the desired time, almost everybody has trouble rousing themselves at some point, and many people frequently sleep through their alarms. If you’re chronically late for work, or if you just need to make sure you don’t miss your flight early tomorrow morning, read on.
Steps
Get enough sleep. It’s hard to drag yourself out of bed after one night of inadequate sleep, and chronic sleep deprivation (a sleep deficit) makes the task even harder. Determine how much sleep you need and make sure to get about that amount each night.
Get into a rhythm. Your body’s clock follows a circadian rhythm. If your rhythm is set properly, you may be able to regularly wake up refreshed without an alarm, but if it’s not you’ll wake up groggy or even sleep through your alarm altogether. Make an effort to get to bed and to get up at about the same times every day. If you work changing shifts or otherwise have to adjust your schedule, you’re rhythm will be thrown off for a while, but you can reset it over a few days.
Adjust for your sleep cycles. The typical human sleep cycle is 90 minutes. Adjust the time you wake up or the time you go to bed so that you sleep for some multiple of 90 minutes (6, 7.5 or 9 hours, for example), and you’ll wake up more refreshed.
Sleep well. Eight hours of sleep won’t help you much if you don’t get quality sleep. Minimize disturbances that may wake you up in the night:
Get a comfortable bed
Set your thermostat so you’ll sleep at a comfortable temperature
Reduce external noises by closing windows, turning off the TV, or using a device that generates constant “white noise.”
Consider getting a larger bed or sleeping in separated beds if your spouse or partner wakes you up with his or her tossing and turning. Better yet, get a mattress that absorbs motion and will not be felt by your partner.
Abstain from caffeine and alcohol, especially at night.
Read the related wikiHows for more tips on getting to sleep and getting quality sleep.
Get the right alarm clock. Some people need a very loud, harsh alarm, some can’t wake up to the radio, and some find that gradual waking works best. Experiment to find the alarm clock that’s best for you.
Position your alarm clock so that you have to get out of bed to turn it off. It’s quite common to reach over to the nightstand, turn off the alarm, and go back to sleep without even remembering doing so. If you have to get out of bed and walk across the room, however, you’re more likely to stay awake.
Set multiple alarm clocks. If you know that one alarm will not wake you up permanently, set more than one to go off. You can set them both for the same time if you have trouble hearing just one, or you can set the second to go off 5-10 minutes after the first. You may find it helps if they make different sounds.
Get someone to help you. If your spouse or partner doesn’t have trouble waking up on time, ask him or her to help you wake up and to make sure you stay awake. A reliable roommate might also be willing to help if you give him or her a few bucks or cook breakfast. You could also ask a friend to call you in the morning and talk to you for a minute or so until you become fully awake. If you can’t find a reliable friend who’s willing to help, get a wakeup call. Long a staple in hotels, wakeup calls to your home or cell phone are now available by subscription or for one-time calls.
Get out of bed if you wake up a few minutes before your alarm rings. Because of nightly hormonal changes natural sleep cycles, many people find that they wake up a few minutes before their alarm goes off. If this occurs, consider it a sign that you’re ready to get up. If you go back to sleep to wait for the alarm, you’ll likely feel more drowsy.
Brighten up your bedroom. The body naturally wakes up faster when it’s light out, so keep your curtains open to use the sun to help you awake. If you need to wake up when it’s dark, or if you live in a dreary, cloudy place, consider using a timer on your bedroom lamp or getting a light box or a bedside dawn simulator.
Get pumped. When you wake up, get out of bed immediately, switch on some music (the more energetic the better), and get moving. Do some calisthenics or quickly go about your morning routine.
Take a shower as soon as you get out of bed, alternating the temperatures between hot and cold to get your circulation going. Use shower gels with ingredients such as lemon or peppermint essential oils to help make you more alert. If a shower is not possible, try putting a couple of drops of essential oils onto a tissue and inhaling their fragrance. Some alarm clocks now have aromatherapy components built in, as well.
Have a drink. Drinking some water as soon as you wake up stimulates the body and will help you stay awake. If you need something stronger, try coffee or herbal tea containing dragonfruit or grapefruit. If you have trouble making it out of your bedroom without coffee, consider putting your coffeemaker in your room and setting the timer so that a cup of Joe will be waiting for you when you wake up.
Use a very loud alarm like the windup clock pictured above. Place the clock inside a kitchen pot or other metal container turned upside down.
Tips
If you know that you find it difficult to function in the mornings, prepare as much as you can the night before, so that you have less to worry about when you wake up.
Before you go to sleep, try telling yourself what time you want to wake up. It may sound strange, but often works.
You might want to give yourself a tiny boost in the morning by having something to look forward to. It doesn't have to be something big, but just something that will brighten your day and make you want to get out of bed.
Splash your face with cold water. The cold water will wake you up, and you can get a move on from there.
Make sure that your alarm is properly set before going to bed.
Make sure to remember all the reasons you need to get right out of bed.
Warnings
Sleep aid drugs may help you to get to sleep and to get a better night’s rest, but they may also leave you too drowsy to wake up when you need to. They can also be addictive, so avoid using them if possible, especially over long periods of time.
Don’t go back to bed. After you’ve been up and moving for a while, it’s sometimes tempting to lie down “just for a minute or so.” Don’t do it; all your preparations will be down the drain if you fall asleep unexpectedly. Your tiredness will soon pass if you stay up.
Chronic difficulty sleeping or frequent tiredness may be caused by a sleep disorder or other medical condition. Check with your doctor if these symptoms persist.
fanatics r a menace everywhere whether they r christians, hindus or muslims.
Isnt it strange (or not so strange) that most Buddhists dun become fanatics. Cos Buddhism is a philosophy...a way of life. Not a religion.
Keshi.
I read just about everything over there---I don't get the fanatic bit!
I highly doubt that U can match Christians with the Taliban! U are on 2 different sides---
One teaches love--In the name of God
the other teaches murder--in the name of God.
I don't belong to any religion--but I do have my beliefs, and alot of faith.
poor allison-it must be difficult!
:)
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