Brother Scientist
January 17, 2008 - 7:12pm
There were two great, abiding
mysteries in my life when I was a young boy; mysteries that I puzzled over for
years but never solved. I discovered them while lying in bed trying to fall
asleep. Bedtimes are convenient for adults but they may or may not align
themselves with the sleep patterns of a child. I was an overactive boy who had a
hard time convincing his cerebral cortex to shut down after a day of
full-throttled activity.
Many nights I lay in bed, watching
the shadows deepen on the walls and listening to Bible stories or music on a
record player. Waiting for sleep was grueling work. Minutes slowly ticked away,
and a single hour was an eternity. It was in these mysterious hours of waiting
that I discovered two mysteries which I could not explain or understand.
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