Ideals

We have all been conditioned to hold ideals in high regard, thus we all believe that we know "what ought to be" for ourselves and others and all circumstances.
When we believe we know "what ought to be"- and all reality is "what is" in as much as "what is" is usually much different than our idea of "what ought to be" we feel frustrated and have the need to struggle and to resist what is.
One can drop the ideal by seeing that it is merely a fantasy and that we could not know what ought to be unless we knew the future, knew the outcome of every situation a week from now, a month from now, a year from now, and so on.
When we concentrate on the idea of the ideal for a little while, we can drop all belief in the ideal. We then find self in the present and quite capable of dealing with the present moment. We will find we are free to experience what is from moment to moment and to respond instead of react because things are not as we fancied they ought to be.
Being free to experience whatever comes our way today is to be free of conflict, struggle, and resistance is the only human problem.
One cannot believe in their ideals and be free to experience whatever arises in one's way today, then one is free of conflict, struggle, and resistance. Freedom is real being, now.