The Grass is Always Greener...

I'm sure that everyone has heard... "the grass is always greener on the other side"... for those of you internationals reading this it frequently means that people can often have a tendency to think that what's happening in someone else's life if better than what is happening in their own life. Or continually thinking that if they could just get to that next place then everything is going to be better than it is right now.

Speaking from a place of humble transparency...

I've really been thinking about that concept... the grass is always greener on the other side. It is very very true. Over the last week, I have spoken to loads of people either on the phone, email, facebook, etc.  And the statement and concepts that keep coming through... "I wish I were single"... "you have such a free spirit"... "I wish I had free time to do that".  If you haven't picked up on this yet, they are all statements that are associated with my season in life at this time. I am single, which yields more time to random things, frees me up to go do things that I might not be able to go do otherwise, and allows me to make lots of work/personal commitments in church, life, leadership, friendships, etc. 

The irony is that while they are envying my season... I am envying their season. To find someone that you love and are excited to spend the rest of your life with... to live this adventure with someone... to raise up a family.  

So, the reality is that our minds sometimes deceive us into wishing for something that isn't in our season... becoming envious.  If we can learn to savor and appreciate each season as we're going through it, we truly can have it all. Not spending so much time looking backward at what could/should have been or forward at what we wish/pray to have. But just enjoying the now.  What can you do today to just enjoy the season that your life is in? Regardless of what season... everything has beautiful points and every season has it's sorrows and yearnings.  

Savor the moment... and when it's time to move to the next season... embrace and savor that one too! It's all part of the master plan.