When to Press Snooze
By Sonia Choquette, bestselling author of several books including Traveling at the Speed of Love and True Balance
This morning I overslept. I spent the weekend teaching a workshop on the east coast and then caught a flight home that landed at midnight. By the time I collected my luggage, got to my car and drove home it was two a.m. I didnt mind. I still felt exhilarated from the workshop and the happy, joyful response, which emanated from the people who attended. Their love carried me home on such a vibrational high I didnt feel tired at all. That was until the alarm clock went off at seven a.m. this morning and a wave of exhaustion swept over me as I reached over and pushed the snooze button. I immediately fell back into a deep sleep for another ten minutes until the alarm went off again.
Struggling to wake up I forced myself to open my eyes, stand up, and find my way to the shower. The deep satisfaction I had felt the day before still lingered, but my body was having none of it. It was tired and not ready to dive into another days work quite yet. Ignoring my bodys needs, my mind pushed forward and thus began a head versus body struggle that lasted all day. I had made commitments that I wanted to keep and yet physically I was running on empty. I pushed through to four p.m. then found my way home where I could no longer put out any more effort, good intentions or not. I fell deeply asleep until now, 9 p.m.
