Continued from last time…
Here is an example that made me realize the important
part that past experiences play in the way we think
in the present.
I noticed that as I ate a bowl of mixed fruit this
morning for breakfast, I really enjoyed it. What is
so relevant about that?
I said for years that I hated fruit. How can you hate
fruit? Fruit is as diversified as anything in existence.
There are various colors, textures, flavors, sizes.
None of that mattered to me. Eating fruit felt like
punishment although as I grew up, I never really stopped
to think about what I was saying or why. I just knew
that I hated fruit. I actually found myself feeling
agitated when I was offered fruit to eat. Looking back,
I actually loved peanut butter and banana slices on toast,
but yet I hated fruit. My favorite pie was cherry pie
but yet I always said that I hated fruit.