You Are A Flavor
Posted on by Jeffrey Platts in Blog, Dating, Self Empowerment
You are a flavor. Some people will find you absolutely delicious and others will find you totally repugnant. And that is a GOOD thing. You want people to like you for the flavor that you are. And you want people to not like you for the flavor that you are.
If you’re strawberry and you’re trying to be vanilla, you might get people to like your “new” flavor, but it isn’t the real you. It’s a complete waste of time. It’s exhausting. And it does three big disservices.
- You’re doing a disservice to all the people freaking LOVE strawberry.
- You’re doing a disservice to all the vanilla lovers who will eventually just discover, when your thin mask melts away, that you’re really strawberry.
- You’re doing a disservice to yourself because you’re not honoring the person that you are.
There are tons of people out there who will love, adore, support, and enjoy the REAL you, as you are. The sooner you fully embrace your flavor, the sooner you will attract those people and experiences that match that.
You are a flavor. Let people taste the real you.






lifebeginsat30ty
12. Aug, 2010
What a great post! We should always be true to ourselves. Although whenever I get gelato, I always have to get 2 completely different but complementary flavors. This may explain my dating life. He.
Bob Weisenberg
19. Aug, 2010
Hi, Jeff.
Couldn’t help thinking of this story from Yoga in America when I read your blog here.
REFLECTIONS UPON
CHOOSING AN ICE CREAM FLAVOR
Bob Weisenberg
ElephantJournal
@lena_fm
31. Aug, 2010
Amen
John Haydon
28. Sep, 2010
Trying to be someone else requires a lot of extra energy. And a good memory.
Suzanne Oshima
31. May, 2011
Excellent post. I love the analogy! It reminds me of this quote: “Be yourself, everyone else is taken.” ~ Oscar Wilde
Jeffrey Platts
10. Jun, 2011
Thank you Suzanne! Yes, that is a great quote. Simple and true.