You Want Greener Grass?

It's like a plague in modern culture. A disease has been created... one that infects our most intimate relationships. It's conspicuous... since everyday we're flooded with advertisements, messages and images all promoting the next best thing: new products, new diets, new pills, new technology, upgrades, etc. New, better, faster, strongerrr! The idea that we never have to settle due to the fact that something better is always just around the corner becomes planted in people's brains. The message that the grass is always greener somewhere else seeps into people's psyches, becomes entrenched and taints personal relationships.

No wonder people fear commitment. No wonder people feel suffocated. Relationships are the only areas of our lives where believing that something better will come along actually hurts us.
Everything else in our lives is upgradeable by tossing out the old and acquiring the new. I suppose we as people have been programmed by none other than our nation, to act this way. Of course! Capitalism, free enterprise, etc. all securing a purchasing public. In order for that system to work, there must be an endless process of supply and demand, right? I'd agree that economically, this works pretty well but emotionally, it bankrupts.

If individuals learned to treat relationships differently, they'd view them differently. The whole "supply and demand mentality" would not be applied to our significant others. Relationships would be smarter, possibly even last longer and be based on stronger values in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, of course not everyone will be right for everyone but we must learn to recognize the people that treat us with respect and be aware of the people that give and not just take. Once we've found that somebody, we must also be brave enough not to question whether they are right or if their perhaps is someone better out there... because such an urge to "question" is simply the urge (unfortunately) forced upon us by society... to constantly upgrade to the newest thing! Once we realize that truth, we'll have a better view. We'll realize that the grass is not, in fact, always greener on the other side of the fence. n fact, fences are irrelevant. The grass will be greenest where it is nurtured. So if you're crossing over fences, carry water and tend that grass wherever you may be and you'll find that the urge to question will, in most cases, disappear...