http://comics.com/betty/2011-03-10/
The above is a link to a comic strip is from one of my favorite comic strips called Betty. It is not published locally for some reason and I am not sure how I discovered it. Anyway, this one really hit close to home. I know I shouldn't over-stimulate my brain and senses by being on the computer before bed or watching too much TV. I guess it wakes you up and gets your senses going which makes it hard for your mind and body to fall into a restful state. And while I would love to read a book, I often have trouble focussing at that time of night. Yes, it does help me fall asleep sometimes, but I quickly re-awaken. Or worse yet, I fall asleep while reading, forget what I read, and end up reading the same passages again and again. Is the Universe trying to tell me something?
Seriously, I do tend to turn to food in the evening. It is, I sometimes suspect, my "drug of choice". It comforts me. It goes beyond nourishing me. I love food! Especially ice cream or something crunchy or salty. Now I have been told this comes from boredom or some deep-seeded source of pain that I am pushing down. Frankly, I think the boredom is more the cause than anything. I have a hard time being passive and watching TV is one of the most passive things can do. Yet if I go online, that is over stimulating! What's a sleepy guy to do?
Well, bottom line is for me, I really have no trouble sleeping. This is really about eating...eating too much! Without revealing too much about my psycholgical dysfunctions, I do have this love-hate relationship with food. Can't live with it, definitely can't live without it.
Oh well. There could be worse things. Imagine if I had been born where food was scarce and every day was a hunt for substanance and often I went to bed hungry? Now that is a real problem for so many. And here I sit complaining because I eat too much before bed. What a superficial problem to have! I am indeed fortunate.
Okay, that said, I need to buck up and just be mindful of my own incidental madness. Really, now, it is up to me again. So here I will turn off the TV, and then count my blessings ala Bing Crosby!
When I'm worried and I can't sleep
I count my blessings 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
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
Have a good productive and busy day and then you'll have no problem falling asleep, as my grandmother would say, a good job well done.
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