I notice that I sometimes confuse my preferences with being judgmental. There's a difference between having a great job and looking disparagingly on someone who doesn't. Or between raising my child my way, and criticizing someone who doesn't raise their child my way. There is a difference between driving a beater while desiring a new Ford Ranger, and questioning my faith when I see someone else driving one. Yes, there's a difference between desiring happiness, and being jealous of someone who actually is happy.
There is a difference between having preferences and being judgmental. My preferences become judgments when I impose them upon, or compare them to another human being.
My preferences guide me to the life I am here to live. Living from my preferences brings them to me, and my life is an accurate and unique expression of mySelf. Judgment puts my life on the side of the Universe opposite from where I truly desire to be.
Honor your preferences in life and enjoy them. Honor others preferences for their life, and be inspired by who they are.
