I partly agree. The environment surrounding you, the way you were brought up, human relationships throughout your life, etc., influence your choices. You're not always aware that you are choosing something simply by habit or because you gave it some thought and decided to take a path outside your "comfort zone".
...that cat quite reminds me of the white cat in the movie Stuart Little (in which there was that lil' mouse, ya know), only that that cat was let's say "skinny" (?)...