Our Favorite Things Simply Feel Right to Us

Our favorite things are our favorites because they feel right.

Do you have a favorite pair of jeans? Of course, you do. Everybody does—don’t they?

It’s been a while since I had a favorite pair and these I’m wearing now—I’ve had them for several years. And I love wearing them because they just feel right.

Recently, they had to spend a couple of weeks in the jeans hospital to have the right knee patched.

Sorry, but even though people pay real money to buy “new” jeans with split knees and the like, nobody even wants to see that much of my legs. Even though I wrestled with the decision, I had to have them patched and I’m glad I did.

I missed them while they were gone.

This time was the second surgery to save these jeans. The first was a semi-complicated procedure to repair a hip pocket blowout caused by my iPhone. I guess I could have switched sides in order to show off the badge of honor.

It’s just that certain kinds of change come hard for most of us.

Attempting to solve the problem by switching pockets was a non-starter. Something was weird—it just didn’t feel right. Changing pockets was not going to happen.

And that’s kind of the point about having a favorite pair of jeans, isn’t it? They’re favorites because they feel right. 

What are some of your other favorites?

I have about a half dozen coffee mugs that are exclusively mine. And one is my favorite. It’s from Vickery Feed Store in Dallas.

I’ve had it so long there’s no longer any trace of the logo or their “Not the same ‘ol grind” tagline. Now, simply a naked, bone-white vessel—but loaded with memories.

I’m telling you morning coffee just tastes better from that mug.

Let’s not overthink our affection for having favorites…

Sometimes when I sit down to write these posts, I start with a story that needs some explanation. And I briefly took a detour to see what I could find out about our need or desire to have favorite things in our lives.

Well, let’s just say that was going to derail a perfectly innocent musing.

I found some psychobabble like, “Familiarity is essential for defining preferences” to “These preferences are partly driven by our evolutionary past.” Please—save me! So, I won’t be dragging you down that rabbit hole. If you’re inclined, you may check it out here.

Let’s just let the small stuff be, you know, small stuff…

… so, we can enjoy it for what it is.

And by doing that, you’ll be able to enjoy your favorite things a lot more. Totally guilt-free.

Be untucked.

p.s. I’d love to hear about one of your favorite things. You can tell me about it by leaving a comment below.

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