Favorite things; like sunsets, pants, apples, and smiles

Julie Andrews dancing in the Austrian Alps... my favorite place in the world.

There's a song from the musical, "The Sound of Music" that speaks of favorite things. It's a catchy and entertaining, but also speaks to the deep desire of all of us to be around the things that we like. The idea that thinking about our favorite things makes us happy and uplifted isn't new, because it's a true facet of life. That's why we spend time dreaming of things we'd like to have, but also remembering times we spent with our favorites: maybe a camping trip at a remote cabin, or a walk down a sunset beach with your spouse.

 

Funny how our favorites don't change much with time. Sure, we modify and fine tune our desires, but the basic wellspring of those wants is very deep and unchanging. We can understand a great deal about someone just by what their favorites are, and what they look forward to. It's why we want to know we are dating someone with compatible desires. It's important.

 

Take someone's pins from Pintrest, favorites on Facebook, and their wish lists, and you can create a pretty accurate picture of who they are. We are linked together worldwide in ways never imagine in the past, but it has also allowed us to create much larger people groups that aren't bound by geography. That is amazing, real fist pump kind of stuff.

 

- M