Pursuing the Promised Land

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/the-meaning-of-utopia/?hp

“Ought we to despair of utopias? I believe so, inasmuch as utopias aim, in one way or another, at perfection in the form of efficiency, happiness and justice and by calling for a qualitative, anthropological and ontological transformation in order to get there. In this they deny human finiteness – that is, the always imperfect, chaotic, irregular and accidental character of the human condition.” - Excerpt from today’s NY Times

It is human nature to make mistakes, but it’s also human nature to pursue perfection. How do we balance mistakes while pursuing perfection? The short answer is that it is part of living; however, it’s a question that cannot be answered with one brief answer. In fact there isn’t a one-size fits all response to this question that has probably bothered humans for as long as people have realized that we are not perfect.

An ideal society can only exist with people who are comfortable with where they are. This is how globalization has really occurred. There have been societies filled with people who were initially comfortable and then became oppressed for various reasons by other people. Change needed to occur, and people migrated to other regions of the world. The migration of people has been driven by two primary things: freedom and the exploration for new things. Conflicts drive people to other areas so they can feel safer and have a so called "utopia".

Interestingly, a Utopia can refer to an economy, eco-sphere, or politics and the surroundings of one person for a Utopia to exist in perfection. A personal utopia can even be a pleasant dinner, however, sometimes that pleasant dinner can be food for thought: maybe a utopia is not where you want to be... Maybe it's good to be a little uncomfortable, maybe things need to be a struggle. Which brings me to my final inspiration about words I saw on a t-shirt that someone was wearing at the gym which read: PAIN IS WEAKNESS LEAVING THE BODY.