I didn't elicit many responses when I wrote this sentence initially, so I asked for a few more responses to it in September 1991. Here were the results:
If a wise, old owl could speak English, I would want it to awaken the masses, proclaiming...
..."Wake up! Everyone is an individual. Stop being one of the herd (flock.) Revel in yourself!" (Anthony T.)
..."Don't sleep through life. Use the gifts God has given you, and don't bury yourself in the depths of your own problems. Help someone else, and somehow, your own troubles will fade away." (Cindy D.)
..."Sleep a lot, work a lot, play a lot, laugh a lot, cry a lot, and learn a lot about and from others, and leave pain and dying to the dead!!" (Brian W.)
..."Why the Hell are you guys sleeping in church? Don't you have any @#%&ing respect for the Lord?" (Miranda G.)
