Do you look for greener grass, or do you water yours?
Happy June Month 🌸 I have a question for you, and I have an answer for you too. But what are your thoughts?
Do you think the grass is greener on the other side? Or do you prefer to water yours? These days I have asked myself these questions more than I can count. When do you clear the field and start sowing new seeds? When do you move to the other side? Or do you continue to water your grass until it blossoms into something beautiful, something you want?
I think for obvious reasons we cannot continue to water a dead plant that doesn’t want to grow. That’s probably when we need to stop, or not?
What I am sure of is I have control over what I want to grow. I have the water, and the sunlight, and I can make decisions on how to tend to my garden. The question I will ask myself is, what kind of garden do I want to build? Instead of looking for greener grass, I can choose to water mine, or dispose of it altogether and start again until I get what I want.
These includes doing without things that don’t serve you, or you don’t want to serve. I don’t believe that the grass is greener on the other side, do I change course when it is? What if the grass stops being green? It’s better I learn from how the other grasses stay greener so I can make mine better. That’s what people around us are for. Instead of trying to be like someone you think you want to be like, and when that doesn’t work, you move to the next person on the list. Forgetting that it is not easy to be like someone else, but yourself.
Water yourself, take tips from people who care for their garden like you would love to, and tender yours with care. Don’t be afraid to change habits that make your grass wither, or uproot the grasses that don’t want to stay green no matter how much you try. These include habits, toxic friends or partners, jobs, and hobbies that are unhealthy for you.
To answer the main question, I would say — I would water mine, make it a garden of beautiful flowers of various colors — just the way I want it. And I will not be afraid to take out any withered flower that refuses to be watered, I will only do my best, or else I will take it out, no matter how beautiful it once made my garden look. That is growth, that is creating the life that I want. And it takes courage.
What is your answer? Please leave a comment to let me know.
