I really hate that it feels so right...

Sleep.

In the design of man kind, who thought it would be a good idea to require sleep?

Now don't get me wrong. I enjoy those nights that I get to sleep 12 hours straight just as much as anyone. Why did our designer require our bodies to have it though. I know it's hard to fathom due to a part of our lives revolving around when we have to sleep, but think about how productive this world would be if no one had to sleep.

However, this brings up a number of logistical questions. Would we then be required to work 16+ hours a day instead of 8? I mean if people are awake 40% more of the time in a world with no sleep, then we're going to need more money since we'd have that extra time to spend it. Would the work day become the work night so that people could do what they wanted in the day. Would the meaning of "Open 24 hours" take on a new meaning? Would our bodies still need caffeine, or just need food every so often since we technically aren't fighting to stay awake anymore?

Was sleep built into our being not only to allow our bodies to rebuild themselves, but to guard us against ourselves as a whole. If no one ever had to sleep would we progress even faster to then end of the world? Would the stories of Revelation come that much quicker? Is there a deeper meaning to sleep?

Why do we have to sleep?

                         <>< C. T. Gunn