When life gives you lemons sometimes it can take a few seasons for them to mature! Now in my late 30s I’ve started the adult thing to do, by growing some of my own foods, a lemon tree being one. Oh, I’m learning lessons and about to use all the lemon puns you’re about to endure if you keep reading.

To get these lemons, they say that life gives you, you must spread shit among the roots (fertilizer)… So, in order to enjoy the fruits (here come the puns) of your labors, you must endure the crap parts too! Right down to the roots.

If you were to take a bite of a lemon your face may pucker from the sour and tartness. You wouldn’t just sit down and eat a lemon, that’s not enjoyable. But, like with life there is give and take, ebb and flow, checks and balances… you get it.. If you are going to eat a lemon it’s going to be paired with other ingredients to add the tart or acidic element to complete the dish. So, again when life gives you lemons maybe it means you have to take the good with the bad and understand without one there cannot be the other.

You can choose to have a zest for life! The people that are enjoying life everyday are choosing to squeeze every last drop (get it..) out of life and live it to the fullest. No excuses. You can let setbacks stand in your way or you can thrive. It’s your choice! When it freezes outside you can let your tree freeze, or, you can bring it inside or cover it. When it’s too windy and the leaves blow off, does the tree give up? No, it takes the elements around it, like the sun and rain to make the most of a situation and prepare for another season of growth.

Point is.. when life give you lemons and to make lemonade seems that simple… Just realize it was a long journey for that lemon to become the zesty, little, tart, sweet, yellow, bitter, juicy, perfect lemon. (You, you’re the lemon) Give yourself the grace and understanding that you take time and shit to grow!