Why do we always say that the grass is greener on the other side? Why do we always want something different than what we have? Why do we keep wanting more, and more and more, never satisfied?
I think part of it is just human nature. We have to aspire to something. We have to want to get somewhere, otherwise we'd end up depressed and useless, with nothing to do, because we wanted nothing.
That's a good thing, as long as it's within the boundaries of sanity and not "I want the moon, and I just have to have it!!" :) hehe
But maybe, just maybe... sometimes it may very well be that the grass really is greener on the other side.
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Yearning is in human nature. It's one of those beautiful things that I think God created in us to reflect the longing for a true spiritual home while passing through this one. There's a great poem by T.S. Eliot--Hollow Men. It's actually kinda depressing, but I especially like part of the last verse:
ReplyDeleteBetween the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow
Between the conception
And the creation
Between the emotion
And the response
Falls the Shadow
Between the desire
And the spasm
Between the potency
And the existence
Between the essence
And the descent
Falls the Shadow
"Meant to Live" by Switchfoot always struck me as a more upbeat and positive version of that. I also alluded to this in a poem I wrote in one of my posts. http://wandererfrombirth.blogspot.com/2008/05/6-months-sonra.html
Miss talking with you. I hope you're enjoying life and achieving that perfect balance of poignant yearning and abundant, life-to-the-fullest living.