Purposeful Envy
You see you're neighbor's lawn is greener. You could poor gasoline all over his grass or you can get busy nurturing your own lawn, tending to the things you don't like about it.
You notice you've got too many weeds, you get down on your hands and knees and start to work. You could just pull them all out as quickly as you can but you know the roots will still be there, so you meticulously search for every nub of tuber left so those weeds won't sneak back up after all your hard work.
You notice the blades are a bit frayed and discolored, you do your best with whatever knowledge you can accumulate about what your lawn is hungry for and you nurture it. You rain down cleaner water than you'd put in your own body because any true manic with a project will treat it like their own baby.
Weeks later you're sitting on your porch knockin' back an arnold palmer. You appreciate the fact that your lawn doesn't look as lush or unblemished as your asshole neighbor's astro-turf but you just toiled for over a month TRYING. All of a sudden the shades of green between what he's GOT and what you MADE couldn't bother you less.
You can sit and leer at those who have what you want or you can get off yor ass and do something about it.
Then again there's alwayws that can of petrol if your ego can't handle the derisive nature of that smug fuck's fake shit.
You notice you've got too many weeds, you get down on your hands and knees and start to work. You could just pull them all out as quickly as you can but you know the roots will still be there, so you meticulously search for every nub of tuber left so those weeds won't sneak back up after all your hard work.
You notice the blades are a bit frayed and discolored, you do your best with whatever knowledge you can accumulate about what your lawn is hungry for and you nurture it. You rain down cleaner water than you'd put in your own body because any true manic with a project will treat it like their own baby.
Weeks later you're sitting on your porch knockin' back an arnold palmer. You appreciate the fact that your lawn doesn't look as lush or unblemished as your asshole neighbor's astro-turf but you just toiled for over a month TRYING. All of a sudden the shades of green between what he's GOT and what you MADE couldn't bother you less.
You can sit and leer at those who have what you want or you can get off yor ass and do something about it.
Then again there's alwayws that can of petrol if your ego can't handle the derisive nature of that smug fuck's fake shit.