Selection Process

It is kind of interesting really how our lives are a process of selection. Our stores are filled with a selection of merchandise. We go pick and choose our groceries or clothes from these offerings. These items are then added to our wardrobes or pantries. We can then select what we would like to wear or what we would like to eat from our subset.

Often times, our selections can be influenced. Christmas merchandise goes on display before Halloween. Thanksgiving dinner items are also featured around the same time. These are attempts to get us to change our subset. Advertising also tries to influence what we buy as well. If what we seek at a given time does not exist, we are unable to make a purchase. We do, however, substitute something that is available rather than wait for the original.

Then, too, what we possess in our subset of things enhances our perception of these items. For instance, I never noticed how many blue Cavaliers there were on the street until I got mine. I am more likely to notice a Cavalier. I am especially likely to notice one in blue. Another example, one day at work I was wearing the same top that another woman was wearing. We ended up in the same room. Funny thing is that we both received these tops from our mothers.

What we have is a subset of the total that is available. When we all must make choices from that universe, there are bound to be many overlaps. The examples I've provided are very simplistic, but well worth thinking about.