Reality vs. Illusion
Reality
"Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living happy, healthy and rewarding life." by Marilu Henner
So sticking to reality and being realistic the way to live happily
1- Reality is full of disasters. Illusion is an outlet tham we can resort to.
Although reality is full of suffering and hardships, yet this is the only way that reality uses in building up a balanced, strong and thankful personality. Illusion might comfort people but it's dangerous because it makes them naïve, weak and very sensitive. There's no permanent suffering. Reality offers some precious moments of happiness and pleasure that remain in our memory forever.
Ex: Who doesn't know Oprah Winfrey?! Who doesn't respect her and admire her?!She experienced lots of hardships in her childhood. She spent her first 6 years without her parents in poverty. She was raped at the age of 9 and got pregnant at the age of 14. Her baby died. She was fired from her job many times yet she never gave up this merciless reality to a world of illusions and rosy dreams.
Ex: what if Lattakia was hit by a tornado. Will you sit in your bed imagining that you are in Paris or Dubie spending a nice vacation?? Or will you run as fast as you can to find a shelter?
2- Without imagination we are transformed into machines and robots that keep working all the time.
"I think what makes us human is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's the barometer by which we call ourselves human." By Thomas Jane
So being human is connected to relationships with others. By illusions we isolate ourselves from society and lock ourselves in our imaginary world. In the contrary, Reality keeps us in touch with our
"Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living happy, healthy and rewarding life." by Marilu Henner
So sticking to reality and being realistic the way to live happily
1- Reality is full of disasters. Illusion is an outlet tham we can resort to.
Although reality is full of suffering and hardships, yet this is the only way that reality uses in building up a balanced, strong and thankful personality. Illusion might comfort people but it's dangerous because it makes them naïve, weak and very sensitive. There's no permanent suffering. Reality offers some precious moments of happiness and pleasure that remain in our memory forever.
Ex: Who doesn't know Oprah Winfrey?! Who doesn't respect her and admire her?!She experienced lots of hardships in her childhood. She spent her first 6 years without her parents in poverty. She was raped at the age of 9 and got pregnant at the age of 14. Her baby died. She was fired from her job many times yet she never gave up this merciless reality to a world of illusions and rosy dreams.
Ex: what if Lattakia was hit by a tornado. Will you sit in your bed imagining that you are in Paris or Dubie spending a nice vacation?? Or will you run as fast as you can to find a shelter?
2- Without imagination we are transformed into machines and robots that keep working all the time.
"I think what makes us human is our interconnectedness among people. It's our ability to form and maintain relationships. It's the barometer by which we call ourselves human." By Thomas Jane
So being human is connected to relationships with others. By illusions we isolate ourselves from society and lock ourselves in our imaginary world. In the contrary, Reality keeps us in touch with our