Why is the grass always greener on the other side?

Why is the grass always greener on the other side?

      Have you ever caught yourself thinking "If I can just get through this next week, then life will be good again" or "I will be happy once this semester is over"? How about "Ugh, is it Summer yet" or "This vacation could not come any sooner"? I have. I think this stuff all the time. I tell myself that I will be happier once this or that happens. On some future date all of my current worries and cares will disappear and I can be happy go lucky again. You would think that after having been disapointed by this thought process over and over again I would start to see that is not how life works. 

     I have been taught that you always find what you are looking for. If you are looking for the miserable, the hard or the boring things of life you will find them and that is how life will feel to you. Looking for the fun, the happy and the good things in life is a much better alternative and will help you to stop noticing the greener grass on the other side. Choosing to find the good in whatever situation we are in will make life a lot more enjoyable.  It's easy to make our happiness conditional. It's hard to find joy in the journey sometimes but the grass is green on this side of the hill too, we just have to look for it.
     It's time for me to stop spending so much time looking forward and to focus on the good things going in my life right now. Stop and smell the roses. Slow down every now and then. Count your blessings and you will be amazed at how much you really have to be grateful for. Life is meant to be enjoyed, not endured until we can find true happiness in the future. That's what I am going to do. Stop enduring life and start enjoying it.