The ‘singles’ want relationships, the married want to be single again! The unemployed want jobs and employed yearn for freedom from work. The rural India aspires for urban life and those living in the cities want to be closer to the mountains. Basically, the grass is always greener on the other side. The advent of social media always makes us chase the other side. Open an app and we are bombarded with imagery of perfect lives. Today’s generation wants results and ignores the shadows that follow. How can we wish to have the fame of a successful person without the weight of responsibilities or the bond of friendship without the compromise of egos or the undaunting love without the emotional lows? We are always chasing the other side not knowing what it takes to reach there.

 

The beauty is in knowing that the grass is green where you are and that there should be no chase. The art of comparison is the biggest weed in your garden of blessings, the moment you get rid of it and add fertilisers of gratitude, consistency, discipline, hard work and love, the garden will bloom like never before. Stop comparing your life with someone else’s. You maybe on chapter 1 trying to match the pace with someone on chapter 20! What we get to see is the ‘after’ and not the ‘during’.

 

Contentment is not a destination, it’s a mindset, it’s about realising that what you have today is enough to start where you are. We are so busy romanticising someone else’s life that we forget that their stories and chapters do not match our book of life. So the next time you peep in someone else’s cup, ensure that your intent was to check that they have enough and not to check that if you have less. Because comparison shouldn’t be your cup of tea. Helping them out when their tea spills should definitely be.