A Tribute to Michael Burris

Michael Buuurrriiiiiiisss!!!!!! A few years back I had a roomate named Michael Burris. A very memorable roomate to say the least. His memories bring back the smell of tuna, the picture of the giant fish he used to sleep with, and a red velvet backpack. But this blog is about a profound statement that he made one time. He once made the comment, "Sometimes I just want to go to sleep and never wake up."
Oh how true this statement can sometimes be. In my opinion, sleep is one of the blessings in life and is one of my favorite things to do. When you fall asleep, you have no worries at all. You are in a state of peace and rest no matter what yesterday was like or tomorrow will be like. After a long, hard day you can always look forward to when you get to go home and lay your head on your pillow and go to sleep. So wouldnt it be nice to just go to sleep and never wake up. Everyone has had the experience in which you just do not want to get out of bed. You lay there wishing you just had another thirty minutes to enjoy the bliss and happiness that comes with sleep.
And you can also make the connection with death. Oh how glorious that day will be when we finally do go to sleep and never wake up. We will then advance into a place where the peace and rest and happiness never end. Oh how I long to go to Heaven where the hardships of life will be forgotten. Even in the midst of a long, hard life we have the hope of going home to a place where we find "sleep".
So thank you Michael Burris for this deep insight into life. Tomorrow, everyone where sweats to school or work in memory of my old roommate.