Comments on: The Grass is Greener — Where? http://www.pacc.org/blog/2009/06/18/the-grass-is-greener-where/ Looking with non-artificial intelligence Mon, 28 Mar 2011 13:32:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Lewis http://www.pacc.org/blog/2009/06/18/the-grass-is-greener-where/comment-page-1/#comment-1659 Lewis Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:25:40 +0000 http://www.pacc.org/blog/2009/06/18/the-grass-is-greener-where/#comment-1659 My father-in-law had a poster that showed the intersection of two barbed-wire fences, making four pastures. And in each of the four pastures stood a cow with her head through the fence, eating grass from another pasture. No caption was needed. I've often wondered, though, about the differences between wanting something more and being dissatisfied with what we have. In the poster mentioned above, the grass in each field was not only all fine, it was really all the same field, the same grass. Is our dissatisfaction with what we have caused by selfishness, by insecurity, by ungrateful hearts, or are we just dumb enough to think that what we have is insufficient compared to what we might have? On the other hand, there is within many people the desire to want more. That doesn't always mean more material goods, though it often does. In a very positive sense, that group might include Paul the Apostle, who planted a church then moved on. I wouldn't be surprised if some of his detractors accused him of being a "grass is greener" kind of guy. My father-in-law had a poster that showed the intersection of two barbed-wire fences, making four pastures. And in each of the four pastures stood a cow with her head through the fence, eating grass from another pasture. No caption was needed.

I’ve often wondered, though, about the differences between wanting something more and being dissatisfied with what we have. In the poster mentioned above, the grass in each field was not only all fine, it was really all the same field, the same grass. Is our dissatisfaction with what we have caused by selfishness, by insecurity, by ungrateful hearts, or are we just dumb enough to think that what we have is insufficient compared to what we might have?

On the other hand, there is within many people the desire to want more. That doesn’t always mean more material goods, though it often does. In a very positive sense, that group might include Paul the Apostle, who planted a church then moved on. I wouldn’t be surprised if some of his detractors accused him of being a “grass is greener” kind of guy.

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