Not at all. A directive, an ideal, are simply those things. Directions, dreams. Now, a goal...

[ He says, opening the minifridge to set a small container of ice on the counter, handing off the small plastic scoop inside to her. ]

One small scoop of ice, then the ice goes back in the freezer. It's all right for an ideal to be unattainable. A goal, in contrast, should be realistic. And one must have both.