What does the ideal occupation look like?

What does the ideal person look like?

What does the ideal relationship look like?

The ideal anything is a fiction created in a moment.

It’s when your mind allows all the best qualities it can imagine to come together and form an ideal of an object, person or situation. The problem is that your mind cannot distinguish the difference between imagination and reality, so when it conjures up the image of ideal, it does so in a space where little else exists.

In fact even one of the dictionary definitions for ideal is, “existing only in the imagination; desirable or perfect but not likely to become a reality.”

How often have you tried to pursue an ideal in an area your life?

What did you learn?

I’m not attempting to dissuade from pursuing your dreams or goals, nor am I suggesting that some kind of ideal isn’t possible. What I am saying is that there will always be a difference between your imagination and reality, and the degrees of differences will depend on case by case basis.

For instance, if you imagine an ideal inanimate object then the odds of creating such a thing is much higher because you are manipulating molecules to meet certain specifications. But if you try to do the same thing with a person or situation, the likelihood that you will succeed is very slim.

In most cases, pursuing an ideal anything can be considered a fool’s errand, especially if you start comparing your real life to your idealized life.

And just imagine if you were able to create a reality where all your ideals came true. It might sound good for a moment, but do you remember what happened in the fable of King Midas?

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