YouTube / iTunes / Spotify / Radio Public / Pocket Casts / Google Podcasts / Breaker / Overcast
Listen to ArtisanEnglish.jp posts & lesson intros here.
Proverb: Bloom where you’re planted
The proverb bloom where you’re planted means to be grateful for what you have and try to take advantage of opportunities that life gives you.
This is the easiest way to enjoy the moment and live your life.
Some people think the grass is always greener on the other side.
They feel they can always find better opportunities than what they currently have, but those opportunities might not be as good as they seem at first blush.
Often when we ignore what we do have and continuously try to attain what we do not have, we fail to recognize the opportunities right in front of our faces.
Some people may be unhappy because they believe that their current situation is less than what it could be.
I like to think we should not be too critical of what we have, and instead, we should make the most of it by learning how to bloom where we are planted.
We are often quick to judge our situation by others because of what they have – their material possessions, relationships, jobs, etc.
If you always find something to criticize or be envious of, you can never be 100% happy with where you are in life.
Being grateful for our current situation can help us find new opportunities that were previously unreachable.
When we take a moment to think about making the most of our present case, it may inspire us to work harder and do even more than we initially thought possible.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade may be the basic thought process of people who have learned to bloom where they were planted.
Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test
This post is understandable by someone with at least an 8th-grade education (age 13 – 14).
On the Flesch-Kincaid reading-ease test, this post scores 67.
The easier a passage is to read, the higher the score on a scale of 0 – 100.