In Love with Idea or Reality?

Sometimes we fall in love with the IDEA of someone, something, some place instead of the reality. We imagine the vision of best which is beautiful in its hope. It can also be dysfunctional in its inaccuracy. There is a bridge from fantasy to reality that I call living in the gap. I see this a lot in coaching sessions. The first step is getting real with yourself about current REALITY. Get down and dirty with the practical, earthiness. Then move into deep acceptance with gratitude for what is working well and set out your greatest goals with inspired intention. Then LET GO. Yes, when we are living in the gap, we are living within the questions of: How do we hold on to "Act As If" and "Eeck this is what's real?" When do we let go of dreaming and move into deep acceptance of what is? How do we know when to let go of expectations that bind us to not enough? Trust you will know. In the meantime, stay with GRATITUDE . .. stay with INTEND . . . stay with LET GO. Also, try: Meditate upon the word Probability. Then spend some time with the word/attitude of Possibility. AND Return to GRATITUDE; INTEND; LET GO.