“I know what I like & I like what I know.” Genesis from the Album: Selling England By The Pound

I guess Genesis was the first that said it but it is true for many if not most of us. We do that same thing over and over again. We are predictable. Our actions are ingrained into us like a genetic code (there may be more true than fiction in that statement). Assassins have used predictability against their intended victims again and again. We are creatures of habit.

We also choose the same circumstances repeatedly because we like the conditions in which we find ourselves. Case in point: Tommy Manville (1894 – 1967), a Manhattan socialite and heir to the Johns-Manville asbestos fortune. He married 13 times (to 11 different women). Was he looking for love in all the wrong places or were all the women of similar inclination. Only Tommy knew for sure and then again he might not have been aware of his choices.

How do you combat this? Go to different restaurants, try different foods, take an alternate way home from work. Surprise the one you love with something totally unexpected. You might be pleased with the results as well as pleasantly astound your friends and family.

K.