Have you ever eaten the very best pear in the whole world? It was ripe and juicy and just perfect. On some level even before biting into it, you just knew you were in for a heavenly experience!

Then you took that first bite! With the tasty, rich meat in your mouth, you slowly bite down and the sweet juice floods your mouth and runs out on to your chin. You use your hands to try to get that juice back into your mouth because you don't want to waste a single drop of that precious juice! Then the next bite is even better because you know what you are in for. This time you close your eyes to really enjoy the texture and taste and all that juice! A part of you wants you to eat slowly and savor the whole experience, but the hungry for more part of you pushes forward, bite after bite until you are sucking on the core of the pear and finally (no don't throw it away) you find a seed in that pear, prepare the soil and plant the seed. And as you care for the seed, water and nourish it a tree grows! Now you can have that experience time and time again and also share it with your friends. You can say, "Hey, come over here! Wow, do I have a treat for you"!

That, my friend, is the way all experiences can be. Yes, going to the store, to work, to get gas, to play with your children, make love with your lover, write a letter, bake a cake, go to school, drive your car or anything and everything else you can possible think of.

You just have to know (and now you do) it is possible, then be grateful for being capable of having these experiences, set your intention to find juicy joy everywhere and make it happen!

Why are we here? Do you really believe we came here to experience drudgery? To work hard, be in a hurry, fill our daze with running here and there....and then die and try to get it right next time?

No, we came here for the juicy experience of living. Of being alive, of breathing, of smiling, of touching, of walking in the grass or on the sand with our shoes off, of noticing nature, yes, that beautiful tree in the front yard, the kids riding their bikes in the park, and feeling the warm sun on our bodies and the breeze against our skin and through our hair. None of the things I mentioned cost money, but not doing them can cause missing wonderful life experiences.

Two paths to choose from (which are actually the same path) with two very different points of view. One is hard, hard and hard.  The other is joyful, playful and loving.  Choose life! Notice beauty everywhere! This is your life, make a decision to enjoy it.....as the old song says, if you smile the whole world smiles with you! All it takes is a smile and going down the joyful path. You can find that joyful path inside your Self. When you feel joy, your whole world becomes joyful!