Amuse Bouche: Someone once told me that grass is much greener on the other side. (Reader)Should I pay a visit? It’s possible, or should I miss it?
Entrée: How many times haven’t we heard or been told that phrase “grass is much greener on the other side”? I have. There have been situations in my life where I ask myself why I am where I am? Wondering when will I get a break or if really grass can be greener on the other side. Decisions where I say things like could’ve, should’ve, would’ve, only in a perfect world one can backtrack, and in a way that wouldn’t even be possible because questions like the previous wouldn’t be made if we lived in a perfect world, faults or difficulties wouldn’t happen because everything is perfect. Since we don’t live in a perfect world we have to work with what we have. Many times we ask God or life things like. Remove this mountain, or why these issues are present in our lives, instead or breaking out head trying to figure out life itself, which many times I have a difficult time figuring. We should ask for the strength and wisdom to help climb it instead of going around, by asking the latter we won’t miss anything from the process, but add one more experience to our walk of life, a step in a journey that adds more to who we are, Instead of asking to remove it. No matter how your mountain may be, big or small we can rest assure that on the other side will be a valley full of green pastures. Water springs that birth up in that mountain, flowing with crispy, clean; fresh water down the mountain to provide nutrients to new blossoms and maintains life to its valley. Just like cooking, I can add a roux, slurry, arrowroot, starch or any sort of thickened agent to a sauce, but how much flavor, texture, color, and concentration would I lose? If I would take that extra step and just reduce my sauce, instead of adding these thickening agents that will result in a short cut. The outcome will be more satisfying not only to me but the people who I will serve that sauce to. Now, let’s say I don’t have thickening agents. I wouldn’t have any other choice but to reduce my sauce in a low simmer, a process that takes time and patients. So let’s work with what we have, instead of wasting time in going after things we don’t have. If faced with that mountain, lets climb it no matter how impossible it may seem. Try not to go around with short cuts, because shortly we will realize that there are other mountains ahead. If we don’t learn from the first one, we would have to repeat the same process with the second one. Better a lesson learned well once, then having to take it twice. By doing it the first time we will know how to handle the second one. Let’s pause for a second and put what we have to work. Maybe instead of taking up that journey or wishing your grass was a bit much greener. All we really needed was a little fertilizer for our grass to blossom and things will sharpen up a bit. If so, next time we are asked that question. Grass is much greener on the other side. Our response could be. “From where I am standing, my grass is green.”
Dessert: Let’s not see our difficulties or mountains as obstacles. But as opportunities for growth, knowing that if we proceed to walk the trail in climbing and overcoming those issues we can have a better view from up top and manage things looking from the top down. Instead of not doing anything and try to fix things with a limited view from the bottom. Or in some cases, we should realize that all we may need is a little fertilizer for our grass to come to life and things can brighten up a bit, So till further notice, I am in between, because from where I am standing my grass is green.
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