Manly title, eh?
Perhaps the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. But perhaps you are a wolf, and actually survive better on the barren, snowy side.
There was a time that I wished that my life was fuller, that I WENT to school saw my friends every day, worked hard in swim team, or lived an otherwise normal social life. I envied my friends in both public and private schools. The grass is always greener on the other side, right? they envied me, while I envied them. And while its true I have a massive amount of freetime compared to the average senior in highschool, I constantly fight off boredom, disinterest and loneliness. This is not because I have a lax education. School is difficult and often long, though I CAN finish class well before public school lets out. But I have come to recently realize that Just because I cant be on a sports team, or see my friends often, or any of that, does not mean i have lived less of a life. I have friends that push themselves to the limit, constantly moving, always being SOCIAL and ACTIVE. But on talking to them, I find that they have never known the little things, that iIexperience in abundance. They don't have time for a leisurely walk, have never microwaved a marshmellow or climbed on roofs or spent a day raking a yard only to jump in the leaf piles. There is so MUCH that they are missing out on, and never guessing the value of the little things they dismiss. I have been leisurely smelling the roses for so long I had stooped noticing the fragrance and there color and beauty became ordinary to me. I forgot that some people never slow down, have to be reminded to take part in little things, like bending down to show your little brother a better, easier way to draw a fish, or taking time to be the bad guy in a kids game. It's true, some people have crowded there life so much that they CANT bend down anymore, but I no longer envy them. They enjoy parts of life that I will maybe never enjoy, but I have enjoyed the simple pleasures that they cannot imagine. And in accepting this balance you can find contentment. Because no matter how much someone else may seem to have it better than you, you always have something they don't Remember that perhaps they, too, envy you.
Perhaps the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. But perhaps you are a wolf, and actually survive better on the barren, snowy side.
There was a time that I wished that my life was fuller, that I WENT to school saw my friends every day, worked hard in swim team, or lived an otherwise normal social life. I envied my friends in both public and private schools. The grass is always greener on the other side, right? they envied me, while I envied them. And while its true I have a massive amount of freetime compared to the average senior in highschool, I constantly fight off boredom, disinterest and loneliness. This is not because I have a lax education. School is difficult and often long, though I CAN finish class well before public school lets out. But I have come to recently realize that Just because I cant be on a sports team, or see my friends often, or any of that, does not mean i have lived less of a life. I have friends that push themselves to the limit, constantly moving, always being SOCIAL and ACTIVE. But on talking to them, I find that they have never known the little things, that iIexperience in abundance. They don't have time for a leisurely walk, have never microwaved a marshmellow or climbed on roofs or spent a day raking a yard only to jump in the leaf piles. There is so MUCH that they are missing out on, and never guessing the value of the little things they dismiss. I have been leisurely smelling the roses for so long I had stooped noticing the fragrance and there color and beauty became ordinary to me. I forgot that some people never slow down, have to be reminded to take part in little things, like bending down to show your little brother a better, easier way to draw a fish, or taking time to be the bad guy in a kids game. It's true, some people have crowded there life so much that they CANT bend down anymore, but I no longer envy them. They enjoy parts of life that I will maybe never enjoy, but I have enjoyed the simple pleasures that they cannot imagine. And in accepting this balance you can find contentment. Because no matter how much someone else may seem to have it better than you, you always have something they don't Remember that perhaps they, too, envy you.
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