Life is Like a Pomegranate

Happy Thursday (which are Fridays to me!). Yes! So ready for a productive and fun weekend!

This morning I awoke with a need to juice. A fresh, vibrant, nutrient-packed juice sounded awesome, and I hadn’t used my juicer in a week. The horror! The goods:

Spinach, two juicing oranges, an apple, a carrot and a 1/3 cup of pomegranate arils. The result? Deliciously refreshing!

I forgot to show you all my stockpile of oranges: check it out! A produce drawer full and a target bag busting at the seems!

There was another bag of oranges, too! And it was all free and about as local and organic as you can get! My boss and his wife have a juicing orange tree in their back yard and despite doing nothing to it, it produces a ton of fruit! Instead of letting it go to waste, I’ve gotten two hauls! Ross and I certainly don’t mind.

I also tried juicing pomegranate arils for the first time this morning – I adore pomegranates and pomegranate juice!

As I was delving into my pomegranate I realized that life is like a pomegranate. (Who says it has to be all about a box of chocolates?) Seriously though – you really don’t know what you’re going to get with life, and the same goes with pomegranates. Everyone has their own “right” way of getting into the pomegranate, just as everyone has their own ways of going about their lives. Life is unexpected, with new pockets of trials, excitement, changes and more at every turn. Pomegranates are the same, as you think you’ve found a wedge of pomegranate arils, only to find a hidden compartment of more arils underneath! It takes time, and with both life and pomegranates you get out of it what you put into it. The reward is amazing, though. Just as a life of working hard is rewarding, if you stick to your pomegranate dissection, you’ll be rewarded with beautiful, jewel-like arils.

OK, I’ll stop my philosophical waxing for the morning. I’ve just been in a very contemplative mood recently!

What have you been contemplating lately?