Apply your idealism to seeing the worth inherent in yourself and others. Instead of imagining that what you really need is only available through the attainment of some distant ideal, support yourself by being aware of and appreciating the worth inherent in yourself and others. Actively remind yourself that the worth something has for you can be based on how you perceive its positive aspects. If you focus on and idealize what’s missing, you will be perpetually unsatisfied. But if you see what’s ideal in everything, even the everyday, you can identify and receive the gifts in even mundane
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