lifesong
Everyone needs compassion
Love that's never failing
Let mercy fall on me
Everyone needs forgiveness
The kindness of a Saviour
The hope of nations
Saviour, He can move the mountains
My God is mighty to save
He is mighty to save
Forever author of salvation
He rose and conquered the grave
Jesus conquered the grave
So take me as you find me
All my fears and failures
Fill my life again
I give my life to follow
Everything I believe in
Now I surrender
Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing, for the glory
Of the risen King
Jesus, Shine your light in
Let the whole world see
We're singing for the glory
Of the risen king
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
-9:19 am
Sometimes I think it is not good to know a friend too well. Or to have too close a friend. Because you know someone so well, you tend to find fault, to scrutinise the smallest of imperfections in the seemingly perfect appearance and satisfy yourself knowing that your friend has flaws, just like you do too. I'm not saying that I work that way, but I'm just pondering the implications of such habits. This does arise in somewhat of a tension between my friend and I recently, though I'm sure the feeling is not mutual. I may have appeared a little more irritable that usual I suppose.
Anyhow, during RS today, my mentor told us of the repercussions of sleep deprivation. She said that it causes us to be stressed easily and sets the stage for depression to take place. Students are not the only ones prone to it though, even teachers get it sometimes when they come to school with less than 3 hours of sleep. Problems that hit you one by one in the face just get compounded by the fact that your lack of sleep removes your ability to think clearly and in a rational manner, so things may seem too overwhelming for you to handle. That's when you break down apparently. She said that some teachers come to school deprived of sleep, and just after one unusually badly behaved and obnoxious class in the morning, they just go down to the teachers' room and cry. I'm not suprised; I would do that too if I were in their shoes. If adults can't handle it, much less us kids of just 15 years old?
That's why we should stop the assumption that if we don't have time to finish our work, we can use our sleep time to make up for it. Repeat after me: WRONG concept! No sleep = no health = no strength to study and do well in exams. It's a simple principal. I'm sure you people are smart enough so don't learn it the hard way I did. It was too high a price to pay.
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