The Issue with Idealism.

In the 21st century, there is a magnitude of media’s out there, where we receive lots of information about this world and we are socialized by it. We learn how to behave, what we should want and how we should think. So much so, that we develop expectations of our reality. The expectations that we develop of the world can both have a positive and negative affect. Since, we create an ideal of how thing should be, and we desire that and pursue it which can be quite a rewarding and self-loving thing to do, to expect greatness. However, these ideals are not realistic. We can begin to blame ourselves, feel bad about how things are and feel depressed on how unideal things are. Sometimes our desires become so unrealistic that it is unhealthy to search for it and we are instead in self-hatred. There has been a dramatic decrease of people’s happiness with themselves and their lives, we are less contempt and we are constantly consuming more. In today’s clarity blog, I will be discussing the issues with our idealized culture and our obsession with perfection.

When we consider the ideal lifestyle, the ideal body, the ideal partner. We often picture the opposite of what we do have and our imagination runs wild with this beautiful fantasy life. In this life, you believe that that in this life you are happier, better, healthier and you have the confidence and power you desire. However, people who have achieved this perfection sort not always happy. They still suffer with relationship issues, family trouble and trouble from the press. For instance Justin bieber's breakdown or marlin Monroe’s drug and alcohol abuse. There is many examples. When we are already insure and suffering within money, fame or power is not going to resolve that. It may give you a short time high, however whatever is within will

always be presented in your reality and we cannot avoid our own ugliness. Social media is incredibly powerful when it comes to pushing the ideal, we are loser as a world then either on social media and we are able to see the life’s of millions on screen. You are only shown what they want you to see. What makes them look good and beautiful? It can be incredibly destructive, since we have a constant feed of what others have, our ego automatically compares ourselves to them and we end up being more upset in life. We end up becoming more isolated and feel lonely, since we become unable to be authentic because we just want to look good.

Additionally, consider a life where people have little technology, eat simple food and have less money yet are happier and more contempt. This is because there value to life's others, it is there community, there heritage and the comfort of their own home. This is because people like that; know life is more than fame, money, power. Life is a spiritual thing, we are souls experiencing this human experience and we are gifted with our personality. That core spiritual realization is what gives life a greater value. When we become more intone to our emotions and our core personality is when we realize that we are complete. However, we can never stop desiring. Those people with little who are happy, may still desire more from life. Yet it is to a healthy and an achievable desire, were it is less about the result of getting what you want, it is about the journey and the opportunity to gradually grow. Practicing gratitude is essential, to look within what and ourselves around us and to be grateful. This practice is incredible humbling, since our ego is not comparing itself to others it is only gazing and feeling good about who it already is. Developing a healthy mental relationship with yourself, and reminding yourself of how significant you already are to there. Realize there is nothing wrong with wanting more and only wanting the best for yourself and that, everyone is insecure about something. Yet own your insecurity, do not claim to be overly grateful and happy. However, admit things are not perfect and learn to love what is.