I am Never BORED #3

Bored people have a Favorite

Here is my Favorite COLOR . . .

And I like this one, too . . .

 

I like ‘em all.

Do you really think that one color is brighter, prettier . . . . better . . . . than another?

Okay, you prefer one color over another. I DO get it . . .

But do you know what happens if you’re wearing a shirt that is NOT your favorite color? You get bored with it.

And if your friend never wears clothing colored in your most favorite shade . . . you get bored with your friend.

You might feel negatively toward entire races of people who do not suit the color that you enjoy the most.

If the radio is not playing your favorite song . . . do you change the channel or turn it off?

If your favorite meal is not on the menu . . . do you leave the restaurant in search of another?

 

Is having a Favorite really a bad thing?

Yes . . . and it’s boring.

You get bored with people and things that are not your favorite.  You can’t wait until they are out of the way so that you can get to your Favorite. Your best time, attention, and devotion is dedicated to your Favorite.

Favoritism includes so little . . . and excludes so much.

 

It is limiting . . . it is narrow . . . it is close-minded.

Do you have an expansive list of things that you like and do not like?

I suspect that if you are keeping THAT list (real or imaginary) you also have a list of PEOPLE that you have judged and sorted similarly. I wonder which list I’m on?!

Do you lose interest . . . snerl up your nose . . . turn your back . . . or click your tongue?  Do you get bored if it’s not your Favorite?

In order to cling lovingly to favorites . . . you must judge . . . and indulge in critical thinking. THIS is my Favorite . . .THAT is NOT.

You do not reject everything or everyone that is not your Favorite . . . . . . or do you?

The goal of Baskin and Robbins is NOT just to get you to try 31 flavors . . . it is to get you to try thousands, and like them all. (Personally, I have never put ANY flavor of ice cream in my mouth that I did not like!).

Having Favorite people, things, or preferences seems like a very harmless practice . . . but it can define your thinking and point of view in negative ways.  Yes, it IS about liking something . . . but it is also about unconsciously establishing and unnecessarily promoting negativity toward OTHER things or people. If you find your less than Favorite people tedious or trying, if you find things that are not your Favorite boring, you may be limiting the amount of joy and happiness that you are capable of having and the amount of joy and happiness you are adding to the lives of others because Favoritism is not only boring . . . it is selfish.

Here’s a sad song to close this post.

New Favorite.