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  The Grass Isn’t Always Greener Carrie Keiser Stan had always done everything by the book, he walked the walk and toed the line. So, when one day, he walked off that path, it took all who knew him by surprise.  He had been caught up in that old adage that the grass is greener on the other side of the fence. He’d spent years quietly observing, and it sure looked greener over there.  It’s not that he was unhappy with his life, he appeared to have it all, the job, the car, the family, but in his mind, others seemed to be happier, to enjoy life to the fullest with out the restrictions he felt his life had.  What looked to the outside as a sudden 180, had really been happening in his mind for a good long while. First, Stan left for a week long “work trip”: accepted a new position, rented an apartment and bought a few toys: a boat, new truck and a motorcycle.  He’d been putting money away on the sly for years he didn’t want his family to suffer for his choices, but he felt that he was