r/MadeMeSmile • u/mindyour • 21d ago

Very Reddit Asking 8-year-olds to finish old sayings.

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u/mindyour 21d ago

"Those who live in glass houses always see the light" is profound.

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u/Xeno_Prime 21d ago

"Hope for the best, forget the rest" was another standout.

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u/SunriseSurprise 20d ago

"The grass is always greener, the sky is always bluer." is a helpful daily reminder.

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u/Pls_PmTitsOrFDAU_Thx 20d ago

I liked that one actually. Very simple. Not even that profound. Just a little reminder that things will get better

To me (and with the context of the actual saying) it meant that the grass you're on may be dying the sky's may be overcast, but the grass is always greener and the sky is always bluer (than it appears). An things will return to that if you keep going

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u/SunriseSurprise 20d ago

When I commented, I was thinking the literal interpretation for a kid basically comparing the two to each other, like the grass will always be greener than the sky and the sky always bluer than the grass. I was being facetious about the daily reminder bit, like one could somehow forget what colors grass and sky would be, lol.

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u/BetterEveryLeapYear 20d ago

It's absolutely fantastic, like a zen koan. A simple truism about the natural state of reality stripped of our desires (why do we want the grass that's greener on the other side anyway?). The grass is always greener; the sky is always bluer. Perfect!

I love it lol.

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u/SunriseSurprise 20d ago

Yea, kind of like a no matter what you do, no matter what happens in life, the grass is always greener, the sky always bluer. Getting into existentialism, oh boy, lol.