| | The Grass is Greener on the Other Side.
Well, no duh b/c you f*cked up all the grass that's on your side!!!
Humans are such strange creatures - we want what we can't have, don't maintain and appreciate what you DO have, and then we blame everyone and their mother (as long as it's not yourself) for all your problems. With all the recent propaganda on being sustainable... having sustainable housing, sustainable farming, sustainable businesses... what about sustainable relationships? Relationships with other people, our jobs, our planet.... I've always learned to treat people the way you want to be treated. It's a very simple concept. It's kind of like one of the basic physics laws but for social skills - every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
You treat someone like sh*t, chances are they will want to throw that sh*t right back at you. You hate your job and slack off, chances are they will want to axe you next time there are layoffs. You make time to spend with your friends, chances are those friends will make time to spend it with you. Your company tries hard to keep its employees happy, chances are the employees WILL be happy and be motivated to work harder for their company. It's fairly simple.
If only people were simple creatures. People who are successful are typically the ones who don't get complacent and are constantly striving for more, evaluating themselves, and actively trying to improve their lives. And with all the options and opportunities these days in terms of careers and relationships, it can be difficult for someone to settle on one job, career, location, or person. Does this necessarily mean moving from green pasture to green pasture destroying the current pasture you're on? Personally I think that leads to nowhere, jumping from job to job, or person to person, moving from location to location with the motivation that there is something wrong with what you have now. It might just be that YOU might be the problem. It could be a pretty big hint to you if everything you touch turns to crap. Now if your motivation to moving around was that YOU think you could do MORE and be BETTER on the other side... then by all means, make this world a better place. But somehow I don't think that's how most people are, unfortunately. Either they have their finger pointed at someone else or straight up in defiance.
Remember, the old grass was probably pretty awesome before you came and trampled on it, so take care of it.
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| | Posted 3/4/2009 2:39 PM - 16 Views
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