go and be the grass

Have you ever looked at nature and really appreciated it for how truly great it is? I'm not talking about looking upon a view in awe, or seeing something outstandingly beautiful. I'm talking about the simple things; the things that people usually look past, mainly because they are not automatically seen as the most amazing thing there is. Just by observing something as simple as grass, you can gain so much appreciation from nature.

Grass is regularly seen as just part of the background- to most people, it has no special purpose, but I think that's what makes it even more special. Grass is everywhere, well, of course not everywhere, but there is a lot of it. People play sports on it, animals feed on it, but we only ever see grass as a form of ground to walk on.

Often, grass is stepped on by people or animals, walked on by bugs, soaked by the rain or blown by the wind, but it always stands back up. With time and the right things, grass will always stand back up. Even when you cut grass, it grows back again, it takes time, but it does grow back.

Why does grass always stand up and grow back? Who is it doing it for? There's never going to be a superior blade of grass that will congratulate the others for their successes, it doesn't work like that. Grass stands up and grows again because it can. Grass isn't doing it for anyone, not even itself, it's just doing it because it can. 

I understand that up until this point I may sound like I'm in love with grass, or that I've gone a little mad, but there is a message behind this. Grass stands back up and grows back because it can, and so can you.

You have the ability to get back up, and change yourself into exactly who you want to be. You just have to be willing to work for it. People may knock you down, things may go wrong in your life, your friends may abandon you, and you may feel completely hopeless, but that doesn't mean you should give up. You have the power within you to keep going. If you give up, you're just letting go of your chance to be happy.

Everyone has the ability to be happy, no matter how bad things get. It's all about how you look at things. Too many people these days let negativity cloud their view of the world. Yes, lots of things go wrong, but that doesn't mean that everything will. We've always got to hold onto the positive things in life.

The fact that you're still alive means you're doing something right. Go and be the grass, stand up and keep growing, no matter what happens. Keep going... because you can.