'The Grass is Always Greener' - Life is not always fair. (Learn English with Mr Duncan)

It would be fair to say that life can't always be exciting.

It isn't always a roller coaster ride of thrills and excitement.

Sometimes life can be dull and mundane.

Sometimes it can leave you feeling tired and worn out.

We often focus on the things other people are doing in their lives,

rather than what we have accomplished for ourselves in our own.

This can lead to a feeling of frustration and bitterness,

especially towards other people who seem to be doing much better

and constantly appear happy and satisfied with their situation.

However, as I always say, appearances can be deceptive.

Just because a person appears happy,

it does not mean they actually are.

There is a great expression in English.

The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.

This expression helps to remind us to think

about what someone has in their own life.

Rather than spending time focusing on the things

other people have and own.

The grass always seems greener on the other side of the fence.

Sometimes we must face the reality that life can be dull, mundane,

monotonous, unrewarding and boring.

But that is life.

The ups and downs and the bumps in the road

are all part of this thing called life.

There will always be good times and bad times.

Days of joy and nights of despair.

It would be fair to say that we all go

through times when things seem bad.

People can sometimes let you down.

They have the ability to say things that make you unhappy.

Events and circumstances

may come along and destroy your plans for the future.

As the poet Stephen Spender once wrote,

you must live through the time when everything hurts.

Life comes with no guarantees or promises.

The sunny days of contentment can only be truly appreciated.

Through the dark, gloomy nights of despair.

For without sadness, we would never really know what it is like

to be truly happy.