A couple of days ago I ran across an article on Slate.com which asks, “Is Facebook making us sad?“. The answered seemed to be, yes. Basically; people judge their happiness in a relative way, overestimate their own struggles and underestimate the struggles of others.

The thing is; we will always overestimate the happiness of others. The grass will always be greener on the other side of the fence. The reason for both is that we allow our false perceptions to become real beliefs. Grass looks greener when viewed from an angle, people put their big-boy underoos on when they face adversity.

Only you know the path you walk just as you can’t know the path of others. Short of ruining your neighbors lawn, or sabotaging your friends, there’s not much you can do about this. I mean, I guess there’s the whole sod/Buffalo Bill thing but that kind of unravels the metaphor.

You could base your happiness on personal reflection instead of a sliding scale of peers but hey, this is America.