The Grass IS Greener on the Other Side

Many people spend their whole lives sitting on the train looking out the window and watching life pass them by. They sit there afraid to get off at the next stop for fear of never being able to get back on. They see things though the window that excite them, but that is not enough to get them to get off the train to explore the possibilities. The comfort and security of the train is what keeps them there. The fact that they know definitively where the train is going is whatkeeps them tightly in their seats.

Finally the last stop has arrived and they get off the train. They look back in the direction in which they had came and wonder what could have been. They stand there in solitude at the station with only their old beat up work bag in hand with no stories to tell and no one of significance to tell them to. Standing there on the platform after the train has left, these people can still hear the distant echo of the train fading into the distance. Click Clack… click clack…click clack… click clack….

You turn towards the direction in which you had come from and you begin to wish that you had not stayed on the train… after all…. you already knew where it would end up. But is is too late… you are too tired and too old to do those things you once dreamed of. You resign yourself to sit there on the bench and hope that the train will come by one last time so you can try and do those things you never got a chance to do….

Today is the day that you will decide that you no longer want to sit on the train and watch the scenery go by. After all, you know where it’s going and what’s waiting for you at the last stop. Happiness is a choice. If you catch yourself dreaming of better things or believing you deserve more than what you currently have then that is your sign to get off the train and pursue your happiness. Fulfillment doesn’t come from accepting what life gives you… it comes from you taking what you want from it!

I promise you… for I have experienced it first hand… the grass IS greener on the other side.