Do you regularly watch the same thing on television just before going to bed? This is a question I began asking myself when I saw my partner was tuning into the same program night after night just prior to falling asleep from the moment I met him.
From the onset, I found it rather funny when I saw him tune into The Golden Girls every single night just before he hit the hay. But as time went on, the more I realized there was a greater meaning behind this for him. It was a show that he and his mother used to constantly watch together when she was alive and now many years beyond her death, he still finds great comfort tuning into the reruns of this lighthearted and uplifting show.
Personally, I was never much of a fan of The Golden Girls, even with its good messages it often portrayed. Not that I thought it was a bad show because it wasn’t. In fact I thought it was well written. It just was never my cup of tea. But there was a television show I did like from not too long ago and it’s one I still tune into just prior to my own bedtime on many-a-nights. And that’s the well-known program that ran for a decade by the name of Friends.
I’m not sure why I’ve always found comfort in this show, as there isn’t anything from my past that I can remember that would fondly connect me to it. The reality is I’ve just found it very comforting late at night to watch the humor within each of its episodes, especially with Ross whom I’ve liked and related to the most since its first season.
Maybe it’s the laughter Friends always invokes within me that drives me to tune into episodes I watched and re-watched again and again. Or maybe the TV series just reminds me of a time when my life seemed far simpler. Regardless of the reason, I find it quite soothing to laugh at the silliness and antics of Friends late at night, especially on so many days as of late when I’ve been blue more than not.
The bottom line is that I think it’s extremely healthy to make sure I end each of my evenings doing something that either brings me happiness or joy. And while I continue to do that through puzzles, coloring, reading, and writing, I also frequently achieve that through something as simple as watching an old episode of Friends.
So it’s my hope that you might be doing the same, ending your evening on a cheerful note as well. And if by some chance, that’s through a television program, then maybe you’ll leave me a comment and share what it is you like to watch just prior to falling asleep and why… 🙂
Peace, love, light, and joy,
Andrew Arthur Dawson
