Idealism, the philosophical view that mind and spirit constitutes fundamental reality.
Many people admire idealism, but it usually leads to disappointment or trouble.
Idealism is something, which is fancied. It is what our conscious mind thinks, which is unaware of reality. The things that cannot be practically obtained are ideal. There is no co-relation between practical world and ideal world. But our expectations of converting it into ideal are so high that ultimately we end in disappointment. Idealism is abstract and not concrete.
It is a tantalizing concept.
If idealism had been tangible the world would have been utopia and not the chaos, which the human being is facing today. The ideal government would be the government in which every citizen will get the necessary things of life. There will not be anyone hungry or without clothes or education. Empirically it is impossible to achieve because of various real life deterrents. We expect it from the new political leader whom we chose becomes President. As he could not achieve it we disappoint. Why this happens, because we have unreal expectations from someone. The ideal society would be the society where everybody will be treated equally, no racism. We expect it but in reality still there are different clubs for white and black people. There is reserved quota in every college or university for ethnically deprived people. In ideal environment nobody should be deprived of any sorts.
It leads to disappointment.
Idealism and materialism are two different polls. Idealism is not empirical. If we could relate it to practical life and set the tangible goals then it would not lead to disappointment. But there are always some practical difficulties, which our mind overlooks. As a result come disappointment and trouble. If Gandhi would have faced the reality that many Muslims and Hindus were not interested in living together under one government then probably he would not have faced the disappointment of division. But he wanted ideal Hindustan intact. As a human being fails to keep focus on the empirical and dogmatic views, he could not relate the ideal things with practical. Which results into disappointment and trouble. The tangible goals, or expectations do not lead into disappointment.