The Grass is always greener on the other side fertilized with bullshit.

I’ve always wondered how come we are living in a world so differentiated in terms of money, status, race etc. Despite sharing the same genes. Today I want to illustrate this quote with a few examples, you’ll always see that grass looks always greener on the other side but are you aware of the consequences or cost at which the grass is grown.

I see a lot of people facing FOMO including myself. Mostly, it is the case where you do have someone you’re fond of or a group of people and you’re missing out on some part of their lives. In the age of social media, we are becoming more and more inquisitive and that is leading us to feel emotionally bad at times but that is just a symptom. FOMO is just an indication of something unresolved within us. When we draw two parallels, you’ll find out that the reason you feel low is that there isn’t something worthwhile going on in your life and you seek that worth in some different situation or someone else’s life that is looking greener to you but you are not able to see bullshit lying beneath. Interestingly, I am writing this despite having a lot of things unresolved within me as well and at times I do become inquisitive a lot and feel low. The way I deal with this is finding a form of expression which I am doing right now. Evaluating my social media feed and profile. Most Importantly trying to find what’s the reason for this discomfort which is hidden deep down.

Now, all of us want to be rich, maybe for some a billionaire status might be valuable and so on. But, have you ever asked yourself that everything you’ve ever done in your life has come down with a cost, maybe cost of time, cost of relationships, cost of lack of empathy and compassion etc. We see all these wealthy people, but what I see sometimes is that never in history has someone’s life’s been perfect for everyone. Everyone’s got bad stories and the cost of living a life they live. You’ve to decide what cost are you willing to pay. Maybe someone’s ultimate goal would be independence and freedom of doing what they want to do, when they want to do it and where they want to do it. And this is precious to me.

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been noticing a lot of people on the street who aren’t privileged enough. They can’t afford nice cars, or a big house, just an assurance of food would be enough for them. I wonder what they think of life in general. For them everywhere there is lush green grass and these are people who work hard a lot and of course, they pay the cost of living a life they live. Sometimes I feel it is unfair to them that I get to live a decent life. Sometimes my heart gets heavy as I drive past them. And I don’t to charity as much as I would want to do, I don’t earn but I would want to do more with the pocket money I get. I just don’t do it. That would one day fulfil something within me when I have enough money for philanthropy. And that’s it, that is what everyone needs regardless of who they are. Something greater than themselves. Their purpose, some have found it, others are exploring like me. But everything starts to get in place, in bliss once we walk on the true path meant for us, where we reach high enough that we’re are not able to compare the grass, and feel the true sense of self.