...the way a toy feels when it's battery runs dry...

One cannot underestimate the power of sound sleep in promoting sound mind and body. After a long red eye flight from Mumbai to London I am feeling the symptoms of a cold coming on—stuffed head, runny nose, watery eyes and general malaise. As I sit in the London Heathrow airport sneezing I am aware of the suspicious looks from fellow travelers who after a number of my sneezes have got up and moved on to another sitting locale. Can’t say as I blame them particularly with the global hysteria over swine flu and all. What does confuse me though is the paranoid travelers wearing masks into the smoking lounge to get their nicotine fix. Funny how we humans tend to – what is that saying—strain at gnats while swallowing camels! I can quite accurately predict that smoking will kill more people in a year than swine flu ever will and yet typical human nature isn’t it—to panic over things we have little control over and yet continue bad habits that we do have control over. This does not bode well for our health mental or physical. Taking responsibility then taking action to minimize harm to our bodies will add not only years to one’s life but also life to one’s years. From London Heathrow and punctuated with a sneeze I sign off as my laptop battery wears down before my mind does.