When I'm worried

And I can't sleep

I count my blessing instead of sheep

And I fall asleep counting my blessings.

When my bankroll
Is getting small

I think of when

I had none at all

And I fall asleep

Counting my blessings

I think about a nursery

And I picture curly heads

And one by one I count them

As they slumber,

In their beds

If you're worried,

And you can't sleep

Just count your blessings instead of sheep

And you'll fall asleep

Counting your blessings

-Rosemary Clooney

Too many nights I can't sleep.  Maybe I worry, but I think I just overanalyze my day, my friends, my family, my work, my school, my problems, my ideas, my goals and dreams, and then I have nights like this when I don't want to go to sleep because I'm too busy thinking.  It could just be that I know I don't have to get up early, but I get thinking about good things, too, like the people I love, like people I miss, and people I care about but might not ever see again.  I wonder where they are, where life has carried them.  I wonder where different choices would have carried me.  And after I think about the past I dream of the future.  I think of possible jobs, if I'll like them or not, wonder if I'll keep doing the same things much longer.  But then I wonder about things I can learn and study, places I can go and visit, new things I can do, new adventures I can go on.  What if I went rockclimbing or rafting down the grand canyon?  Or what if I went on a week long backpacking trip?  Where could I go to ride an elephant?  I wonder if they smell funny?  But then I wonder even so far as to future family, who and when will I marry?  How many kids will I have?  Will they be curly headed blondes?  Will they love to do the things I did when I was little?  Will they be sweet or stubborn?  Then I wonder what my house will be like, what pets we'll have, where I'll live, where my brothers and sisters will go, what they'll study.  It's amazing to think just how different everything could be in a few years.  So much has changed since high school, or even in this past year.  One never knows!  So I fall asleep counting my blessings.  I'm so happy to be where I am, know all I do, and have so many fantastic opportunities.  And sometimes the most beautiful thing it the world is looking out the window and seeing the sun shining down making even the gloomier days bright and clear!