Why do we strive for the ideal
The embodiment of our ideas about the perfect person is a moral ideal, that is, a person who has the best moral qualities. At all times people have sought to determine what an ideal set of virtues is. For already two millennia the moral ideal of many people is the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who came to earth with an exceptional mission – “that all people should be saved and reach the knowledge of the truth.” Jesus Christ has the highest moral qualities: sacrifice, mercy, courage, courage, forgiveness, wisdom, unselfish love. These qualities are the embodiment of a worldview based on the recognition of a person as the highest value. This worldview is called Humanism.
Other religions also have ideal personalities – the Buddha in Buddhism, Mohammed in Islam. They also embody moral qualities that are symbols of spirituality. In these personalities, the qualities of the ideal person are combined with the divinity to which people so strive in their attempts to
In the treasury of human experience, there are other examples of ideal personalities – the bearers of the best moral qualities, high patterns of some virtue or abilities. These semi-legendary or completely fictitious images lived in the public consciousness – as heroes of legends, legends, fairy tales, songs. Thus, in ancient times, Kiril Kozhemyaka and Ilya Muromets were sung in orally-poetic works – images of warriors, fighters, defenders of their native land. A little later, there were works about the victorious Cossacks Mamai, Baida, Samile Kishke, Ivan Sirko. Other nations also had their favorites. This is the defender of the destitute Robin Hood, and the romantic and disinterested knight Lancelot, and resourceful and fair Hoxha Nasreddin, and the desperate daredevil Ivanhoe…
Moral ideals, as well as moral values, serve as moral guides-guides that help to act from the standpoint of good. They
Each person, as a rule, forms his ideal as an idea of those moral qualities that are necessary for him for happiness. That is why, focusing on the ideal, we cultivate ourselves, we think over our actions, we try to foresee their consequences. The ideal helps us to do it anyway, with it we compare ourselves, we evaluate ourselves and try to become better.
In order to really get closer to your ideal, you need to know yourself well: both the positive that is in us, and the negative that prevents us from living. Only under this condition can we decide what and how we need to improve ourselves first. It is also necessary to take into account the conditions of our life. If someone, for example, has weak health from birth, he is unlikely to become an Olympic champion in any sport, in any case, it will be very difficult to do. But if you wish, everyone can be a completely healthy person.
Any human defect can be eliminated or minimized, any positive quality is developed. Just as in medicine there are medicines from almost all known diseases, so in culture there are different ways of improving the majority of human qualities. It should only be remembered: to achieve a large, you need to start small.
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