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Some years ago there was a delightful program on TV called Dinosaurs. There was a father, mother - I can't remember if there were other children, but there was a baby. This baby knew who his mommy was and called her by name -- Mommy. Everyone else he encountered he called Not-the Mommy. Mommy was important to him. She fed him, bathed him, rocked him to sleep and played with him. He was safe with Mommy -- but everyone else? Not-the Mommy!

When I am hungry and in the grocery store I find myself going up and down the aisles saying to myself, "I don't want that. I don't want that. I don't want that. I certainly don't want that..."

The difference is that at that point I don't know what I want -- but I know it wasn't any of that. Baby Dinosaur knew what (who) he wanted. I was looking for something - but didn't know what. I was using the process of elimination, even if I left the store without buying anything. I guess if you know what you want life is simple.

I wonder how many experiences we miss, foods we don't try, people we never associate with, because that's not it.

Hmmmm.....