The Cat is Always Greener... er, Oh Something Like That!

Our dog Cubbie likes to go with me to check the mail. I keep him on a leash, as he gets very excited if not on it and jumps on me. Our cat Tony comes with us. Ever since Tony's brother Carlos died, Tony wants more attention from Cubbie. For some reason though, Cubbie usually ignores Tony on our walk to and from the mailbox. He is too busy looking at things elsewhere.

Today Cubbie could not be bothered with the cat who was right in his face (literally) because he noticed the two cats across the road. He gave all his attention to them, and if I had let him loose I am sure he would have run over there to chase them. Never mind that there was a cat right there, ready to play with him, he wanted to go play with the neighbor's cats.

Isn't that just like us sometimes? The old saying, "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence" (about horses) really does apply to a lot of people. We often cannot be satisfied with what we have. What other people have often looks so much better than what we have. Is it though? Sometimes maybe it is. Over all though, grass is grass, and what we have is perfectly fine. Better to enjoy what you have than to lose it while yearning for something you don't.