We strive to lead an ideal life. An all-perfect life. We envision ourselves to be the magnet that attracts all the good things we like and repel the ones we don’t. Practically, we’ll have to be polar opposites to make this happen. But let’s not get into the technicalities. Bhaavnao ko samjho.
We hate certain ideas and the mere thought of it makes us scream in our heads. Sometimes even out of it, as well. Yet, we find ourselves in either the company of those ideas or share an unavoidable bed with ideas which won’t let us sleep.
But just to think that an ideal world was even a possibility is naive. We can strive for one. But it’d remain just that. The push to reach perfection when it doesn’t exist.
Assuming, it does. Hypothetically. It would be boring.
Imagine being in a state of content and not having the thrust for that elusive perfection ?
Boring, with a Capital and Bold B!
And hence it becomes interesting and vital to be accepting of even things we don’t like. Providing the unliked things with shelter. Being accommodating. Of course, resistance is critical. Accommodating doesn’t mean amalgamating. Not always.
Difficult and yet, important to open ourselves up to new ideas and possibilities. Our ideals aren’t permanently hard-coded in our brains. They change. For the better. And even for the worse.
But standing at the same place, isn’t termed progress. Right ?