It is time to think a little bit. I like to think, and I like to think about quotes and sentences that I am not really sure if I understand or agree with. So, what is today’s quote all about? Our ideals are our better selves.
Let us just think about it for a second.
Do you have an ideal of what you want to be like? Do you have an ideal about how you should look or behave? I guess you have, because we all have!
But, is that our better selves? Or what is it really?
Our ideals are not necessary our better selves!
I believe it is important to understand that our ideals are not necessary our better selves. How come? Because so many of us have ideals that are so far from reality. So many people have an ideal that hasn’t got anything to do with themselves. Or, if it deals with themselves, it is all about an unhealthy view people have of themselves. What do I mean?
Maybe you look in the mirror and you see an ideal of yourself as superslim, beautiful, and strong. But, that isn’t really a healthy image, nor a better version of yourself, it is just a product of our world which always try to tell us that we are not good enough.
It is important to be healthy…
I believe it is healthy to look at ourselves in a true way. Having the wrong ideals will lead us to sorrow and sadness (as we will never be good enough), but a healthy goal and ideal, will take us further.
What kind of ideals do you have? Is it leading you to become a better version of yourself, or is it just pushing you down, always telling you that you are not good enough?