In the brightly lit stage stands a magician. With a wave of his hand and a flick of the wrist, the flowers in his hands seem to disappear. Another whispered word, another slide of hand and the coloful bouquet reappears. Its all a trick, a simple display of smoke and mirrors. Shimmering, reflecting and deceiving.
Last weekend i bumped into my ex and his new gf.
In the bright, blinking lights of the club, i felt a wave of jealousy. All the memories of
us came rushing back. But the only thing that I noticed was her presence with him there. All that was in my head was "he never wanted to be out with me"
But, life is funny that way. In my view, they were the perfection that I could never obtain. It took a simple occurance of chance for me to realise how wrong i was. It was by chance that a friend of mine bumped into them at the carpark later that night. And suprise, suprise, the happy couple was... *gasp* arguing? how could it be?
Nothing but smoke and mirrors.
Its the GIG symptom.(Grass is greener..) We always assume that things are much better for someone else. The other person's life is more fun, easier, cooler, etc. In a vicious circle, we envy the others and others, in turn, envy us. The neverending cycle of hate and adoration kills us all slowly. We spend our entire lives chasing after a mirage of an upgrade. And never realising until its too late that it was all smoke and mirrors. An illusion.
More often than not, we let the best part of life bypass us. I say, why envy others when you probably have a million things worth envying within you. Focus on your good, work on the bad. Shape up yourself rather than shape into someone else. Thats the only way to be truly confident, and infinately happy. Gotta love you, otherwise, how's anyone gonna know what's to love about you.
