Thought for the Day
H.A.L.T. is a reminder to the type A aspects we all suffer from occasionally. What confounds and confuses most of us is not terribly complicated. It is "common sense" which we have leaned isn't very common. Here's what it reminds me to do.
H. If you are hungry eat something. You'd be amazed what not eating can make you do. It is easily fixed but a surprisingly frequent cause of seriously bad behavior.
A. If you are angry pause. Anger needs to be released. Find a way to release it without injuring yourself or your property and apply the same standards to other people and their property. Easy peasy.
L. One is the loneliest number. If you are lonely call someone, visit a friend, help someone else. You are living in your head. Get out!
T. If you are tired, rest. Take a nap. Go to bed. Check your eyelids for light leaks. Rest, you are no good to yourself or anyone else if you are not rested. It literally can kill you.
A University of Chicago study proved it, twice. It was done with mice and the subject was sleep deprivation. Fifty years ago when the study was done the first time, the mice died and it confused the researchers who felt they did not understand the cause of death.
Recently the same experiment was done again, same result. H.A.L.T. remember it, use it. In the parting words of Spock, "Live long and prosper."
Herb Ratliff, August 15, 2012, All Rights Reserved
Such good advice. My granddaughter and I were just talking about sleep this morning and how it's as important as eating and breathing to good health. Unfortunately, it is the easiest thing to deprive ourselves of. I have so many years of sleep deprivation, it's hard to change the habit. But lately, I've started having a nap after work almost every day. Accidentally--while I watch the evening news.
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