(I wrote this in my notepad after the spring change to daylight savings time, and failed to post it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’m guessing a lot of people are getting up late this morning—or at least struggling to get up on time this week—and not because they failed to change their clocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We punch buttons on our technology and get instant results, but we can’t change the fact that our internal clocks don’t operate that way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even if you went to bed earlier last night, something tells you that something isn’t right inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And the more we try to override the way we’re made in any area (even using technology and science), the more we add stress and distress to our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In generations past, like the pioneer days, I believe people had more peace, time, energy, and emotion to deal with life, with less stress, than we do, because they had consistent rest, without arbitrary interruption in their schedule.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
– – –<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interesting how we still talk, and many complain, about the switches with DST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It shows that we’re not designed to get used to such sudden, overnight changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We adjust to the seasons because they are gradual, and they are designed by the same Creator that made us to fit in His creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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