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While some might call it a sickness, I considered it a talent: I can sleep anywhere, anytime, on a moment’s notice. I even fall asleep between subway stops...
...least in college, I could schedule all my classes in the afternoon, or, more likely, sleep through the morning ones in bed. Needless to say, I took full advantage. With night owl genes in my family, early classes were out of the question. Even still, I managed to doze in most of my afternoon classes...
...promised to be a summer-long problem. I had always told myself I would never be a regular coffee drinker. I found the black syrup bitter, overly strong, and usually too hot. Plus, who cared if I dozed in class—I rationalized that I clearly needed the sleep, so it was good...
Rite 13 has since spread to more than 1,300 churches in the U.S. Morris trains church leaders in the program by first explaining adolescent bodies. "I tell them that 13-year-olds need large-muscle exercise. They need lots of sleep. These things drive us crazy, but it's not their fault." Then he urges pastors to look past the physical exterior and see the opportunities within. "Never underestimate the spirituality of a 13-year-old," he counsels. "If I expect that I will encounter God in them, I'll get a lot farther than...
...full-scale conflict again. Abdullah, a fisherman in the coastal village of Lamno, summed up the feelings of many we talked to in the months following the tsunami. The catastrophe, he told a Time colleague, was "a blessing in disguise." How so? Said Abdullah: "At least we can now sleep peacefully at night." Because of the scale of the disaster?and the presence of so many foreign relief workers?those who survived no longer had to be worried about being roused for a beating, or worse, by soldiers or rebels...