Sentences with phrase «impossible ideal»
The phrase "impossible ideal" refers to a perfect or ideal situation that cannot realistically be achieved or accomplished. It represents something that is extremely difficult or impractical to attain. Full definition
And what are the consequences of pursuing impossible ideals?
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As a psychotherapist, I've witnessed many boys and men struggle to achieve impossible ideals of masculinity.
«My works expose the hope of escaping back to nature or some hard - won peace as impossible ideals.
Wieman was concerned to argue that ideals, especially impossible ideals, however worthy of contemplation as guidelines, must not be identified with supreme value, i.e., God.
Possibly the decay of the Middle Ages arose from the clash of a high impossible ideal drawn from Christian sources with the actualities of politics and the human scene.
A feature on work - life integration — as opposed to the impossible ideal of work - life balance — carries the byline of Melissa Wall, the founding editor of Newsweek's iPad edition.
It does not pursue an impossible ideal and thus avoids the illusion and the fanaticism that sometimes accompany appeals to the Kingdom of God.
The one thing we have in common is the fact that we can never achieve that elusive, impossible ideal we're so fond of imposing on ourselves and one another.
He may also have confused the idea of God's envisioning them as goals for the world with impossible ideals.
Talking with the interviewer about love, Marianne rejects the formula of I Corinthians 13 as an impossible ideal — useful only as an impressive «set piece to be read out at weddings and other solemn occasions....
Often they are dismissed as an impossible ideal with poetic value but little else.
Instead of holding our children to society's impossible ideals, Dr. Shefali teaches us how to control our expectations, embrace the present moment, and let go of the anxiety surrounding how best to parent our children.
It may seem an impossible ideal to provide every student and classroom with the technology necessary for the best possible education, but we all need to #ThinkPossible first, to ignore that voice in our head that says, «This will never work!
How close can we come to this impossible ideal?
It's obviously a bit of an impossible ideal — shhh, I'm already ashamed of my number — but I've gotten much much better over my investing career.
Mastery is an impossible ideal, especially in the face of the much larger size and complexity of markets today, and the thousands upon thousands of stocks to analyze and choose from.
After I had children my life began centering around our home much more, and the order and design of each room and its surfaces became this impossible ideal in my mind that was easier to mock in painting than to actually try for at home.
While her relationship to yoga is fraught with personal struggle, the material is ripe with bodily associations that run the gamut from health and peace to shame and impossible ideals.
Can we at least recognize this fact, instead of self - flagellating whenever we find ourselves falling short of some impossible ideal?
In the scenario of an impossible ideal future state, the therapist can dig deeper into the couple's «miracle» by asking, «How would that make a difference?»
It is an impossible ideal, unrealistic, ignores any conflicts that exists between the parents, and assumes such an arrangement could work.
Others have extraordinarily low expectations of marriage, fed by personal experiences and messages from media and the greater culture that marriage is a sham and an impossible ideal.