What is success? It is being able to go to bed each night with your soul at peace. — PAULO COELHO - Arianna Huffington

By helping us keep the world in perspective, sleep gives us a chance to refocus on the essence of who we are. And in that place of connection, it is easier for the fears and concerns of the world to drop away.

According to a study from the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, sleep deprivation reduces our emotional intelligence, self-regard, assertiveness, sense of independence, empathy toward others, the quality of our interpersonal relationships, positive thinking, and impulse control.

A friend of mine has a ritual: He writes a poem every day with his morning coffee.