When I was a little kid, I had a LOT of energy.  I think I was a pretty good little chump… but I bet I was a handful.  I wonder what my brothers and sisters remember about my busyness.

Anyway… I found out a couple of years ago, that I used to walk in my sleep.  My Dad told me that they would tuck me in at night… all in my little jammies… and the next morning I would be in bed… completely dressed.  Sometimes in a coat.

Now, I don’t have any recollection of this… but I have a theory about it.

I think, at the end of the day… when it was time for me to settle in…. I had it in my little head that I needed to get a LOT more done.

So, in my sleep state… I just went about my way and…… did the things that were weighing on my mind.  Dad said I probably stopped doing this by the time I was eight or nine.

Or perhaps… when I got older… I started put my jammies back ON.

None-the-less… to think about it is a little funny and a little scary.  Heaven only knows where I went.

My other guess… is that I was guarding my money.   I think we got an allowance…. around 25 cents per week.  And I didn’t want anything happening to mine.  I didn’t trust my sisters as far as I could throw them..  so I was always worried they take my stash.  I kept it in a little green felt bag with a drawstring on top.   Like a little Leprechaun.

These days, I still stay pretty busy.  I rarely sit down during the day, except to eat.   But I don’t sleep walk.  Heck… I don’t sleep long enough to go for a walk.   And I don’t guard my money anymore either.  I leave that to the bank.

What is my point to all of this?  None, really.  It is just that sometimes… I really wish I could travel through time and see what I was like as a kid.   I don’t have very clear memories about any of it.

And if I could travel back… and see myself as a child… I would tell myself a thing or two.  Like…
– Take the long way home sometimes… and take time to notice.
– Surround yourself with good people.  Don’t waste energy on the leaches in life.
– Don’t be so rigid in your ways.
– Be a better listener.
– Always be kind
– Be present
– Always ask yourself about your purpose.  Why are you doing  what you’re doing  with your life?

My little seven-year-old self would probably say…”What in the world are you talking about Lady?”

But… if I only knew then…. some of the things I know now….
Well….  I might be a better person today.  If nothing else….. maybe I would have stayed in bed a little longer.