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haxxiy said:


A lot of people think this banal proverb is about envy, but they are wrong. It's subtler than that. You see, it's literally true. When you are looking at the grass you stand on, you look down, see the leaves end on and a lot of bare earth between them.  When you look over the fence at your neighbor's grass, you see the leaves full-length and the dirt at a low angle. The green blades overlap and hide the ground.

So... even if your grass is identical, your neighbor's really does look greener. Always. It's not your envy - it's your viewpoint.

Let's all think about that for a moment here.

That's a really good way of looking at it!