Sleep

We should go to bed no later than 9 p.m. this is because the nerves in our brain sleep from 9 p.m. to midnight and wake up at 1 a.m. Since our nerves are already awake, even if we sleep at dawn, we merely snore, and still feel tired when we wake up. That is why we should go to bed early in the evening in order to sleep soundly and be healthy. Those who watch TV until midnight and then go to sleep at dawn wake up weary and exhausted, and they have no interest to work.

A certain company compared a team that worked through the early evening hours to a team that worked during the dawn hours. The team that went to sleep early in the evening and woke up at dawn the next day to work became more and healthier, while the team that worked throughout the early evening hours and went to sleep at dawn became more and more pallid as the days went on. There is a true, old saying that those who go to bed early in the evening will become rich.

We must refrain from eating late-night snacks. The living habits of people these days include snacking late at night until their stomachs are full. Just as it says in the Bible that a rich man cannot sleep if his stomach is full, we cannot sleep on a full stomach. A person may be able to sleep even though his stomach is full, but his stomach has to work, and so it rebukes the nose, “How can you rest when the rest of us are working?” Upset, it works and at the same time complains all night long. When a person gets up the following morning, the stomach is so angry that it refuse to accept any food he tries to put into it. That is why many people go to work after drinking just a cup of coffee or a glass of milk. Not only do those who have skipped their breakfast like that loss interest in working, they are easily irritated. Therefore, we should go to sleep on an empty stomach and our nose , the nerves in our brain, and stomach should all sleep at the same time.

These days, Koreans also have a full dinner and skip breakfast. In a certain western country, traffic accidents occur the most during the morning hours. This is because the stomach and brain have become disordered from working all night long. We become so edgy the following morning, we are liable to quarrel with our spouses as soon as we get up. Since you cannot control your stomach, your mind and brain become disordered. However, when we go to sleep on an empty stomach and get up after a sound sleep, we feel refreshed in the morning and new vigor gushes from within us.

Therefore, we should abandon the habit of staying late at night. The busier we are, the earlier we should go to sleep. When we are busy, we should sleep at 9 p.m. and when we are even busier, we should sleep at 8 p.m. and then wake up at midnight, or at 1 a.m.  The busier we are, the earlier we should sleep so that we can do much work at dawn. Some may say that it is impossible to sleep early when we are busy. However, we should go to bed early, because we are busy. Those who sleep early accomplish much while those who sleep late get little work done. Students who sleep early in the evening, when the nerves in their brain are asleep, and rise at dawn, study more efficiently. What would normally take three to five hours of study could be accomplished in just one hour or two hours at dawn. Therefore, we should drink lots of fresh water and get enough sleep. When we sleep soundly on an empty stomach, we wake up refreshed with new strength gushing from within us.