What if the Grass Isn't Greener?

While there’s nothing wrong with having choices, managing them becomes a challenge and a pivotal task.

April 01, 2021

Each day, we are bestowed 86,400 seconds of unique opportunity to nurture our self-discovery, servant leadership and personal transformation. How we go about designing and cultivating vibrance, passion and purpose becomes the art of existence.

It’s estimated that the average adult makes more than 35,000 decisions per day. While choices can bring immense possibility, they can also cause significant mental burnout and emotional fatigue. If we are not mindful, a surplus of them can have us fall into a mindset of equating our worth to power, money, possessions and influence. An overabundance of choices can distract us from the present moment and instead make us fearful that we’re missing out. Choices can also fester comparison, which ultimately robs us of building a life of joy and meaning.

While there’s nothing wrong with having choices, managing them becomes a challenge and a pivotal task. Choices can put us in the chase to acquire the next best thing instead of appreciating and nourishing what we already have. Having a plethora of choices can make us forget the meaning of what is truly enough. 

So, what if the grass is not greener on the other side? Would we continue to pursue and chase those endeavors and experiences today? Finding daily moments for stillness and tranquility allows us to build from what we have. Our tasks as positive difference makers and agents of change is not to be in a race to acquire more but a pursuit of appreciation to water and grow what we already possess. Each of us has some opportunity and blessing in front of us to lean deeper into and to nurture with more intent, grace and gratitude.

Sometimes, it's not about looking beyond ourselves to live a good life but looking within to design that life. As we aspire to explore the outer depths of who we are and shatter any ceilings and limits placed on our imagination, we should remain focused on the here and now. We cannot allow the need of tomorrow to blind us from nurturing and taking care of the grass of possibility and love of today.