Reader question:
In this passage – I am 35 years of age. I've been working in the IT business since 2002 and currently looking for a greener pasture. I have a good command in English and have good interpersonal skills...– what does "greener pasture" mean?
My comments:
"Greener pasture" means a better job. What the person says is that he's ready to jump ship – and apparently not for the first time judging from the fact that he's 35 and had been in the info-tech business for five years. Presumably he had been at a different job or different jobs prior to that, when he was in his 20s.
Anyways, green pasture is a fertile piece of grassland for cattle and other herbivores to graze. If you have watched a Discovery Channel DVD documenting the massive migrations taking place over the Serengeti, the African savanna that lies over Tanzania and Kenya, you will have no problem understanding the animal urge for greener pastures.
Following the rain, tens of thousands of zebras, gazelles and other herbivores embark on the annual long march towards greener (fresher) grasslands where they mate, give births and regenerate.
The greener pasture is always far out there, but for herbivores, fresh and abundant plants are worth the effort, even though the journeys to wade are demanding and dangerous (crocodiles and carnivores lurk in wait).
Humans change jobs for similar reasons. Unlike animals, humans are metaphysical (at least some of them are, I'm sure). That's why humans sometimes need a change in attitude more than just a change of scenery.
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