People are always thinking the grass must be greener on the other side of the fence because everybody has been distracted. You have been told to go in directions that nature has not meant you to go. You are not moving toward your own potential. What others wanted you to be, you are trying to be, but it cannot be satisfying. When it is not satisfying, the logic says, Perhaps it is not enough—have more of it. Then you go after more; then you start looking around. And everybody is walking around with a mask that is smiling, happy looking, so everybody is deceiving everybody else. You also wear a mask, so others think you are happier than they are. You think others are happier than you are. The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence, yes—but from both sides. The people who are living on the other side of the fence see your grass, and it looks greener. It really looks greener, thicker, better. That is the illusion that distance creates. When you go close, then you start seeing that it is not so. But people keep each other at a distance. Even friends, even lovers keep each other at a distance: too much closeness will be dangerous: they may see your reality. You have been misguided from the very beginning, so whatever you do, you will remain miserable.