Being practical is cliched with its massively repetitive use. I thought of myself as a hopeless romantic but i have seen me change. I think I am practical when it comes to personal relationships.
When i was in college being in a relationship had a different perspective altogether. It was all rosy but please understand practicality does not give you a bitter outlook at life or at love. It just makes you someone who can assess and beat the odds.
Gambling is the best example of understanding this situation. If you are betting against the house then you will lose, maybe today or maybe some other day. No one likes to lose so a smart gambler always remembers the percentages. Similarly have a third person's perspective in your own life. Be that third person. Pros and Cons will always remain a game until you can separate yourself out of the situation and give an unbiased conclusion.
Here is a extract from a very useful essay on the The Art of Being Practical:
"Action in this life is a must. Since action is called practice, persons who live on Earth have to be practical. This means that you cannot spend all day sitting down in a chair, passing the time imagining, worrying, and thinking, and in doing so, forgetting to use your body for performing those actions that need to be done.....
The whole life for a human being is how to survive: man has to be aware of this and be practical. If we are not deluding ourselves, we see why it is necessary that a person with knowledge has to be practical, and why he should not be sitting somewhere in a cave only having an idea of karm: that it is not action.
You are equipped with that knowledge and enlightenment which tells you that your life cannot be shut off: you should do those things that are useful for a human being to conduct. So if your knowledge gained over here or gained anywhere in the world does not inspire you to be practical, then it will not be called practical knowledge.
A human being, with a sense of inquiry to know more, will continue asking and asking and asking questions. But just asking questions and getting answers for whole days or whole months or whole years on end, will not allow you to be practical. And if you are not practical, you cannot sustain your life.
True... Being Practical is important. its all about maturing with age. when in college and young having such feelings and being rosy all the time worked. but with age decisions need to be made which are not childish anymore. rosy feelings need not die but must be approached in a more mature manner....
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