SLEEP ; NOT JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE.

AN AVERAGE HUMAN BEING SPENDS ONE-THIRD HIS LIFETIME SLEEPING.

        THE HUMAN  IS  SAID TO BE THE MOST COMPLICATED BEING ON EARTH, LITTLE WONDER THE CREATOR  MADE THE  NECESSARY  DECISION OF CREATING MAN ON THE SIXTH DAY AFTER ALL OTHER CREATURES WERE MADE, AND WITH HIS UNENDING LOVE AND GENEROSITY MADE MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE AND LIKENESS. 

       SLEEP, ANOTHER IMPORTANT CONCEPT FOR THIS PURPOSE IS A NATURALLY RECURRING STATE OF MIND CHARACTERIZED BY ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS, RELATIVELY INHIBITED SENSORY ACTIVITY, INHIBITION OF NEARLY ALL VOLUNTARY MUSCLES AND REDUCED INTERACTION WITH SURROUNDINGS. THIS IS SIMPLY DIFFERENTIATED FROM BEING AWAKE i.e WAKEFULNESS BY A DECREASED RESPONSE TO STIMULI.

            DURING SLEEP, THE ACTIVITIES OF THE BODY SLOWS DOWN; THE BODY TEMPERATURE, HEART BEAT RATE, BREATHING RATE AND ENERGY USAGE ALL DECREASE. THESE ACTIVITIES WHICH GO ON IN OUR BODY WHILE WE ARE AWAKE ALSO CONTINUES ITS PROCESS WHILE WE LAY OUR HEADS TO SLEEP, THOUGH THIS TIME AROUND WITH A DECREASED LEVEL WHICH EXPLAINS THE IMPORTANCE OF SLEEP TO HUMAN BEINGS. IF THERE WAS NO SLEEP THERE COULDN’T HAVE BEEN ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR THE ORGANS OF THE BODY INVOLVED IN THESE MORE DELICATE ACTIVITIES TO REST, THOUGH NOT BY A COMPLETE STOPPAGE OF ITS ACTIVITIES BUT BY REDUCED FUNCTIONALITY.

           NOTWITHSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE AND NEED FOR SLEEP, THERE YET COMES A NEED TO CONTROL THE NUMBER OF HOURS WE SACRIFICE TO SLEEP. SLEEP, EVEN THOUGH VERY IMPORTANT IS ABUSED WHEN GIVEN EXCESS ATTENTION. THE AMOUNT OF TIME SLEEP TAKES FROM AN AVERAGE HUMAN BEING IS CONSIDERED TIME WASTING, YET THE TEMPTATION TO GIVE MORE TIME TO IT IS EVERYDAY CHALLENGE.  THE FOLLOWING SET OF STATISTICS EXPLAINS BETTER:  

1.      A DAY IS EQUIVALENT TO 24 HOURS.   
2.   AN AVERAGE HUMAN BEING SLEEPS 8 HOURS OUT OF THE 24 HOURS OF THE DAY.     
3.   THE FRACTION OF 8 HOURS TO 24 HOURS GIVES 8 HOURS AS A ONE THIRD OF 24 HOURS.
4. IF ONE-THIRD OF THE DAY IS GIVEN TO SLEEP AND BECOMES HABITUAL, IT THEN MEANS THAT AT THE END OF A YEAR, ONE-THIRD OF THE YEAR WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN TO SLEEP.

USING THE ABOVE STATED FACT, IT CAN THEN BE UNDERSTOOD THAT IF A MAN LIVES 90 YEARS ON EARTH, HE SPENDS 30 YEARS OUT OF THE 90 SLEEPING. INVARIABLY, IT CAN THEN BE CONCLUDED THAT AN AVERAGE HUMAN BEING SPENDS ONE-THIRD OF HIS LIFETIME SLEEPING.