on the other side
it's just the angle you're looking at it from.
Yes so many people lament that the things are better for others, they do not understand that all people have ups and downs, health and family issues, jobs they do not like... and the list goes on. They look at it from their own perspective, which ofcourse in on only one side.
The grass (or their life) will always seem to pale in comparison to others... and that angle will never never change for them until they focus on the good in their own life.
Here is the catch, they get caught up in a perceived beauty of green, the surface rather than the whole. If they went to that side,it would always appear different as they look down. They will also see the dirt, the weeds and everything else that makes it now appear less appealing than from their original angle.
We should learn to appreciate all aspects of where we are... and therefore enable us to proceed to a goal, if we never look at where we actually stand, what that is made up of we will never be able to free ourselves to move onward.
A Different Angle
It also never occurs to some that the person on that other side is looking back to their side thinking the exact same thing.
Take a rich man and a poor man as an example (probably what most look as the green anyway).
The poor man looks at the greener grass of the rich man as he has a big house, fancy car, toys of all kinds. He fails to see the liabilities of each, the hard work to obtain and retain them, the stress and personal conflicts arising from the neglect of personal relationship chasing those possessions and keeping them.
The rich man looks at the poor man and sees few possessions, but in turn sees more freedom, flexibility and personal relationships. He sees less stress in a simpler way of life filled with the freedom he does not have.
If both would lose all they had, who would be the biggest loser.
False Promise
We must all realize that there is no perfect life, some just appear so as those folks do not openly complain or lament. If with walked in their shoes and saw the reality, it may be that we see they are different, but also have their own problems, brown grass hidden beneath that color of green.
They may talk and look better off, but is that just BS? For some maybe not, but for others definitely true.
So before you lament another's fortune or greener appearance, understand, you do not understand their real position.
You are the captain of your destiny
And they may not understand that their graas may need more watering to make it as green, but they fail to see they saved a lot of money not watering it.
Appreciate your position, always strive for better and live your life in contentment... if you want more,water your own grass... oh and maybe chuck a new seed or two in.
It's all in how you look at things
Sorry waxing a bit philosophically this morning.
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