Evaporating Me

Did you know that at night, while you sleep, you lose around 2 lbs in water?  Yes indeed.  Actually it's the reason why dieters always weigh-in first thing in the morning, when the scale is sure to give the lowest number.   Think about it,we lay in our beds at night, like a slab of meat, literally evaporating out of every pore, at every breath, while taking in no fluids.  Two lbs worth of moisture lost!  Click for more information

What a concept, really, the idea that at night, when we succumb to our needed slumber, we lose a significant  amount of ourselves.  We go into a physical deficit every night.  Thankfully we wake up, seize the day, and replenish our fluids.  Well, if we didn't, we would be in big trouble.

Isn't that much like life?  Ever have times when you feel like your energy is evaporating into the world with little return?  You're sending all your good 'juju' out, and not getting much back.  I've been there.  Car breaks, a friend betrays you, sicknesses comes, death snatches someone you love, your world appears to crumble around you.  Hope seems dim; that tunnel too dark.   At these times, much like night, it seems dark and lonely.   It's easy to get fearful and discouraged.  But, much like sleep, dawn is sure to come.   Balance is the natural order of things.

Or, as Victor Hugo put in my beloved Les Misérable,  "Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise."   

There will be times of replenishing, just look to the horizon, have faith, and be ready to drink up.  





There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven - Ecclesiastes 3:1