They say that the grass is always greener on the other side, or so it may seem. Sometimes in our lives, we reach a point, specially during problematic times that we think that our lives suck and that we want to exchange places with another person who seems to have gotten the longer end the stick.
I can't count how many times I've said: I wish I were that person or that person is very lucky and I wouldn't mind trading lives with him/her. I know that it's not healthy to compare yourself with others because it would only be a cause of frustration and that the only guage that should be used to rate success is the personal feeling of fulfillment. Ideally, this should be the case, but unfortunately as flawed human beings, who live within the context of a society, we cannot help but view ourselves juxtaposed with others and find several points of comparisson. It is inevitable. As social beings, our views of oursleves will always be in relation with how we view others.
So how do I go about it when I find myself comparing my life with others and sometimes wanting to trade places with them?
This is my realizition:
I may sometimes want to exchange places with another person because it may seem that they have better lives , but on the other hand, there's also other persons out there who want to trade places with me because they think that my life is better than theirs.
It's just a matter of perspective.
I realized that the grass is not necessarily always greener on the otherside.
I may view the grass on the other side as greener but, there's also another person who thinks that the grass on my side is greener.
I may sometimes feel that my life sucks, but another person out there sees it differently and thinks that I'm very blessed.
I just have to borrow that other person's perspective and see the good things in my life.
This is how I learned to appreciate my life no matter what, and see that the grass on my side is green and it's enough.
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