Respectively presented for your consideration:
For those of you who haven’t met me already, please allow me to flaunt my ego for the moment and introduce myself. I’m an everyperson; I have no name, but you may call me X if you wish. My favorite color is black, the question mark is my preferential punctuation and I enjoy long walks through the mind. But enough about me, please tell me about you.
Do you think of yourself as a realist or an idealist? Choose carefully! Realists are stone-faced pessimists and idealists are detached dreamers who will never get by in real life. They belong to completely opposite sides of the spectrum… or so society tells us. In my picture of reality (and remember, you always have the option to define what reality is) they are less different. Realists see the world as what it is, idealists see the world as what it can be. To truly have an impact on this floating sphere we call home, I believe you must possess a little of both. After all, I doubt anybody would argue that we live in a perfect world. In addition, I believe that most everyone wants to influence our world in some way. To bring about a change you must know where you are and where you wish to go, otherwise you’re libel to lose yourself. So find yourself a balance.
Reality is often hard to take, we tend to separate ourselves into fantasy worlds where a misfortune didn’t occur or we befel marvelous fortune. This only makes being pulled back into reality the more painful. If you wish to truly find reality I believe you must deal with it head on the moment it comes for you. Let arrogant reality know that you’re the boss and you can take whatever it can dish out… you’ll be surprised at what the human mind is capable of when put to the task.
However, there’s something in those fantasy worlds that we create that has a certain draw to us… to human nature as a whole. Perhaps yours is where innocents aren’t killed daily or one where the word 'integrity' is more than just a noun. Understanding what is worth fighting for is just as important as dealing with the hand reality has dealt you. Because we all have the power to make the world a better place, we all have dreams – that insuperable power of the human spirit. Don’t let reality tell you that you can’t have that, deny reality the power to continue as it does without regard.
Now because it is against my style to leave without a question, I present to you these: Why is the world the way it is? Did realists just watch and let it happen? Did idealists envision it this way? Who are you to challenge the system? What is it to challenge you?
Best of luck!
