REALITY CHECK

No matter what our motivation may be, if we are not realistic we will not fulfil our goal.’ Age old battle between reality and idealism. We all want something, and much of it is idealistic to some extent.

The question is how realistic are they? It isn’t that I am against idealism I just recognise that it would take time to get to there.
The path between where we are and where we desire to be is long and passes through reality. If we are unrealistic we would hurt our cause, perhaps even make it more difficult to turn our ideals into reality. Unfortunately, that happens, and it is sad.

The statement helps us remember that idealism isn’t an end until it has been reached. It is a goal, and we must deal with reality as we work our way towards that goal.
Why is a dash of practicality with our idealism important?

Let’s start with an example. Yes, it would be nice to have a world with no swords. But in such a world, the first person who made a sword would be king.  Any who would oppose him would be cut down. So others would make swords. Pretty soon, ideal has given way to reality and weapon proliferation has occurred.

Don’t get me wrong, ideals are great to have.
But if you aren’t realistic, you would have difficulties accomplishing anything. People become so polarised that they cannot work with anyone who isn’t as ideologically pure as themselves, they would not compromise and they fail badly at making any progress.

By pushing too hard or trying to move too fast, resentment builds. That resentment, in turn, makes it harder to move forward.

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