Frequent Disapproval

I frequently disapprove of things. Like you I don’t intend to. It just pops up on a regular basis. Something I’m not keen on. A preference for that thing not to be a thing. Very occasionally, it’s not a mere thing. It’s an actual person. But let’s not go there.

So yes, I’m a fully paid up frequent disapprover. And who knows? If I know you I may have even disapproved of something you have done or said at some point. Sorry.

We can’t choose our preferences. But at the end of the day, those preferences make absolutely no difference to the fabric of reality. Because the reality is that even when one thing I disapprove off disappears - and every single one of them will, soon or later - another will pop up to replace it.

It won’t be my disapproval that displaces anything though. Because all “The Disapproved” have an independent existence and cannot be touched by my preferences. They disappear, because that is the nature of life.

What do I learn from this?

One thing is that I can’t kill off anything by not liking it.

But also … and this is a useful tip for all of us who happen to make ourselves vulnerable and put something of ourselves “out there” in the wider world for everyone to see:

- Disapproval, even Frequent Disapproval , cannot kill us either. It just can’t. Despite the message of the accompanying tune.