There are many things that I have learned over the past fifty years, the greatest being that the secret to our happiness on this earth is to serve God with the best of our ability and to do so with a thankful heart. For you see, far too often we neglect to become thankful for what we have because were too busy concentrating on what we don’t have or becoming envious of what others do have. In other words, believing that the grass is greener on the other side.When we believe “that the grass is greener on the other side,” we are only seeing what lies on the surface. Sometimes those whom we become envious of may appaer to have more money, a bigger or nicer house, or even a newer car. But what we fail to realize is that their lives are not perfect.
In many instances what we perceive to be real grass may in reality only be artificial turf, which is a man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials to look like natural grass. The grass may look real but remember flowers cant grow in synthetic grass.When we become overly focused on someone elses grass we are ignoring all the negative aspects of someones life while downplaying everything positive in our own. We cant see whats good about our own grass because we are fixated on the weeds.
Now nobody likes weeds. Weeds are the bane of our existence. We do nothing, and weeds come up. We spray like crazy, and they come back. In fact weeds grow where other plants won’t because they are very sneaky. But regardless of how many weeds have sprang up in our field of life we only need to pull them up one more time and then get out the lawn seed, sprinkle liberally, and then use that forgotten watering can.
Believe it or not, there is a direct link between the choices we make and the things that happen to us. When we becomes willing to accept that, our outlook on life will become different. It’s called reaching a level of maturity. So the next time you're tempted to look at anothers grass, keep in mind that grass is always the greenest where it’s watered. And the best way to water our grass is to ask God to “grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change and the courage to change the things we can, and the wisdom to know the difference!”
