Liking the Idea vs. Liking the Reality

 

Why am I seeing him everywhere, I go every day?

Sometimes we miss something/someone, but the fact is we miss the idea of it instead of the reality of it.

Liking the idea of something is not the same as practicing it.

On paper, a bunch of things sound better than they actually are in reality.

Sometimes this is because the reality doesn’t suit who we are (right now). For example, you may like the idea of starting a new relationship the smoking hot person of the opposite sex, but we are disliking the day-to-day stress of dealing with someone new, wearing multiple hats.

Liking the idea, but disliking the reality is imagining a reality that doesn’t exist.

Of course, all ideas are imaginary at one point. Problems can become opportunities. And sometimes those opportunities can rewrite reality, if in an ever-so-small way.

It could be real, but we won’t know unless we try. It can also be an idea that sounds great on paper, but in reality, comes with lots of downsides. Fame for example. Most famous people don’t like being famous, they just enjoy the benefits that come from being famous. Or—more accurately—fame is a byproduct of doing great work and that work building a following. There’s a ton of upside, but everything you do is public (EVERYTHING) and scrutinized, and you can barely leave your house without getting mobbed.

There is also liking the idea of something but not willing (and/or fearing) to put in the work to make it a reality.

Maybe a new hairstyle might make me look more appealing to him

These fears are our bottlenecks. They are things that are currently holding us back from our dreams.

Spend some time thinking about what you wish you were doing but aren’t.

Why? What reasons/excuses does your mind come up with? How could you get around them?

An idea worth pursuing is worth overcoming fear and taking a chance on failure.

He looks so much like  the guy from Miami Vice back in the day

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Final thought

Enjoy the idea and strive to make the idea as close to the reality as possible. But understand sometimes the reality and the idea just don’t mesh. Occasionally, the ideas are not realistic. Many people think of being in a relationship and living happily ever after. The truth is marriage is hard work, and on occasion quite messy.