What does that old saying mean “the grass is always greener”?
Well in general it means that no matter what position you are in presently,
there is always some place elsewhere that is better. So why is the grass
greener? The grass is greener because it is a signal of hope. When people are
having a sub-par day they can always think to themselves that their lives will
be just as good as the places that they dream of. In a time of economic turmoil
and constant fighting, I can guarantee that a lot of Americans have been
thinking about where the greener grass is, and why wouldn’t they? Dreaming
about faraway places give people the hope they need to continue working.
Without the hope of living a better a life, there is no point to living.
Without that hope people wouldn’t fight for freedom or work those 2 or 3 jobs
to get their kids through school. Hope is what drives the core human need to
better themselves. To humans, nothing is ever good enough. There are will
always be problems. That distant tropical island with a beautiful beach has
mosquitoes with the West Nile Virus and stands in the middle of hurricane season.
By dreaming, people forget their problems because problems are infectious to
the mind. Dreams are meant to be happy, and problems destroy happiness faster
than Palin destroyed McCain’s campaign. Happiness is the source upon which hope
exists. Hope is the sole driving force of continuing to live, and that is why
the grass is always greener.
Hope has been, is now, and most likely always will be an extremely important value in society. Some may say that with all of the advances being made presently and in the future that the need for hope will slowly decrease and eventually disappear as our lives are continuing to be made easier. They are wrong. This is the farthest thing from the truth. We depend on hope just to make it through each and every day.
ReplyDeleteI think another reason the grass is always greener quote is true is because we see the future or the other side from far away. Things alawys look better when you are looking at it from a distance. It is not until you get closer and notice the flaws and cracks that you see the truth. That being said, I agree with both of you, without hope there really would be no moving forward.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I always thought that this saying meant that no matter how good you have it, you're always going to think other people have it better, but they also think that you have it better than they do.
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