Grass

A phrase I have never liked is "the grass is always greener on the other side."

I feel like it's overused and rarely used in a tasteful context.

But I believe it's still true.

So today I figured out why I don't like it.  It's just misunderstood.  Forgive me while I pick apart this cliche and overthink it way too much.

If you are looking at a nearby field you see the side of each blade of grass making it look lush and green.  If you look down at the grass in your own field you see the spaces between the grass blades and there is usually dirt and crap all over the ground and you see your grass blades on end and can't see their beautiful green-ness.

So at this point, the proverb pretty much could be used to advise one to never look for better oportunity or a different environment. But this understanding is too shallow.

While it's true that each field has crap on the surface, the dirt under the crap that the grass grows in is different in each field.

It is a worthy effort to find a field with better dirt... or deeper dirt.