The Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side - Or Is It?

Video of the Week: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0cG-uib2-Y

Life Update: Oh my goodness, this week has been crazy! Crazy awesome. Crazy strange. And just plane 'ole crazy. Last Wednesday night, the Passion tour came to Athens. I had the privilege of volunteering with some other fine people and had a blast. But, more importantly, I am so excited for what God is doing on this campus. He's bringing life y'all! (And just get used to it...I'm going to randomly insert pics when I feel like it.)

Merch Table at Passion

Thursday night I started something that I'll probably talk about later. Afterwards, I went canning downtown with some other people to get donations for an organization called Pencils of Promise. It was definitely an experience. It takes a lot more than you might realize...you get some interesting comments and stuff. I worked on Friday. I went home-ish over the weekend. I spent Saturday with my grandmother and went to see my sister's play that night. She was so great!!!

Me and Lauren, the Fairy Godmother "Rose"

Sunday, I got the day off work to help volunteer with Pet-A-Fair, a fall festival put on by the Humane Society. More pictures!!!

Some of the Pet-A-Fair Crew

Pet-A-Fair

Stewie the Baby Dino!

Me and MJ

I headed back home / to Athens afterwards, and my house-mates and I had our Sunday night dinner together. Oh, and I should mention. I got "stung" by / had an allergic reaction to a caterpillar over the weekend too. My leg is still swollen and itchy as I type this. It was one of those white fuzzy ones with the black spikes in case anyone was wondering. I found one attached to my leg...yeah, fun stuff. 

Monday was pretty busy. I had class, DT, worked on a paper at 2 Story (my new home), and held a review for the class I TA for. Today has been pretty long too. I met a friend for brekkie this morning, went to class, went to work, worked with my sheep (I named her Button) out at the farm, and then went to dinner with another friend at Butt Hutt. I'm so excited for Halloween and fall break this weekend!

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Bird in Melbourne, AU

"The grass is always greener on the other side." It's a phrase I grew up hearing, and I can bet you did too. I looked up the origin just because I was curious, and I found that no one really knows the true origin. There was a similar Latin phrase used around the 16th century that talked about the land fertility on the other side of the fence being better. But the important thing about this phrase to see, I think, is what it's actually saying. 

This is a saying derived from envy and from comparison. Not ok. I'm going to use the above picture of the bird to kind of describe the saying. Imagine the bird is you. You started out on the right side. But you noticed the grass looked greener on the other side (right). So you stepped over. But it was actually no different, and now you find yourself looking back. 

Ok, so let's say that the grass is representative of your circumstances.

I'm not at all trying to say that there aren't better things out there for your life. In fact, I'm saying the exact opposite. But you aren't going to find those things by wishing you were somewhere else or by comparing your situation with someone else's. First, you've got to learn to accept and love who you are right where you're at and not let you circumstance define you.

Each circumstance comes with it's own new set of challenges. And I'm not saying that to try and dishearten, but it's the truth about life. The key is learning to really make the best of each situation, dealing with things as they need to be dealt with, and surrounding yourself with people who will support you and have fun with you! 

So if you were to get one thing out of this entire post, hear me say this. The grass may look greener on the other side, but it's may not really be. Yes, you should be excited about great things you expect from your life, but don't waste time wishing you could go back in time or wishing you had somebody else's life.


Enjoy being yourself!
Megan

Fun Fact: The largest Greek population in the world besides Athens, Greece can be found in Melbourne, Victoria, AU.