Next time you're at the grocery store pay close attention to how people answer this question. I absolutely despise the people that can not decide, or say they don't know or care. Someone who answers quickly and decisively impresses me. What difference could how they answer matter in any way, you may be asking yourself. Why, it's only a matter of personnel preference. Or is it?

Now the choice between paper and plastic literally does not matter. What matters are, is this a personnel preference, or is this something someone might feel deeply about. Something they're committed to, or have conviction for? Clearly you can tell the difference. Some people have strong feelings one way or the other, and they show it in the way they answer. The person of conviction, knows which they want, has their reasons, acts on it and will do so, the same way, every time faced with this question. Therein lies the difference between preferences and convictions.

Do you PREFER to have a healthy life style? Or is it a conviction? A person who lives life based on what they prefer, never really gets there, if you know what I mean. It's always "I'm dieting, trying to lose weight", "I'd like to be in better shape", "I made a New Years resolution, I hope it works" and so on. They do well for a while, under the right circumstances, when it's new and exciting to make a change.

But time passes, circumstances change, and it's not new anymore, it's older, boring. Preferences change. Convictions do not. Preferences are the proverbial "candle in the wind". But a conviction is something to count on, day after day. Everybody PREFERS to be healthy, and PREFERS to look and feel good. Few are committed to, have the conviction for, that life style. There are ways to tell the difference, and ways to move from, preference based, to a conviction for healthy living. Next time.

Paper or Plastic? You SHOULD KNOW!