Behind the curve
Have you ever felt behind? I think everyone has. You may be literally behind someone in a line at a store or on the road in a car. You may feel behind in something you are doing or be behind in a goal you are trying to accomplish. I admit this is a feeling I have had many times in my life. I have often felt like I was behind in something I was doing. It is mostly an uncomfortable feeling that I would like to never experience again. However, it is a feeling I have become very acquainted with over the past several years. This past Monday, I was sitting in a time of worship and reflection and I began to think about my childhood. I can remember having nightmares often to the point that I never wanted to go to sleep. I remember doing anything I could to get out of going to sleep or to not sleep by myself. There are two things I used to do often that seem very silly to me now. Every night before I went to sleep I would go collect our f...