The grass isn't greener, it's dead

You thought the grass was greener on the other side so you jumped the fence and tried to live there. You finally realized it was only greener because it was filled with weeds. You quickly came back over that same fence and realized the greenness of the grass is not what matters but the love that is put into keeping the weeds away. Unfortunately you brought some of the weeds with you. You pull and pull and pull and they grow back quicker than you can clear them out. You quickly realize you ruined the perfect yard over the looks of another's. You get mad, you get upset but not because both yards now have weeds but because you realize you ruined the perfect yard for the looks of the others not love of the property. You blame the neighbors, you blame the other property owners but nothing can take away from the fact that you know it was your fault. You forgot to keep watering you're own grass, tending to it, planting beautiful things in it. The flowers in your own yard can only be as beautiful as the seeds you implant into it. When you plant old, rotten seeds you get nothing and when you forget to keep planting anything at all? It all dies. 
That's exactly what you did to us.