09 February 2008

a tap on the shoulder

It's nearly two o'clock in the morning. And I'm awake. Why? I am tired. I was getting ready to fall asleep. Open up my scriptures, read a bit, say a prayer, and then off into sleep land with me. So why am I not there?
Perhaps because I had this thought cross my head, and it went something like, "you should be on the computer right now". I thought, "wha-?". But, nonetheless, here I am. Maybe you'll even get some sleep typing out of me. That always proves interesting.
Until we get there, shall I write? What about? I'm going to stay on until I feel like it's a good idea to go back to bed. I don't know how long that will be, but it's annoying that it's not right now.

I get promptings. More often than I realize, I'm sure. There are instances when I've ignored those promptings and regretted it. There are many more instances, I believe, where I've listened to them and found them extremely beneficial.
I feel silly about it sometimes. I think, "what if it's just my overactive imagination again?" (I can be very imaginative, let me tell you...). Despite doubts, I usually act on it, because I'd rather risk making a fool of myself than ignore an important prompting.
So, just in case this is an important prompting, I am online. After two am (yich). If it's just my imagination, well, then I'll feel a little sleep deprived later on today and maybe even a little silly. But at least I'll know that had it really been a prompting, I would have followed it.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

did anything happen?