There’s no doubt that fresh squeezed orange juice is better than any store bought kind. Sure there’s something to be said about the convenience of what comes off the shelf, but the taste isn’t nearly as good. Fresh squeezed orange juice is sweeter tasting and sweeter smelling. The texture is thicker, the color brighter. Juicing the fruit yourself somehow adds to the flavor. Making orange juice is simple, just cut and squeeze. Simple as the task is a lot of effort goes into squeezing out every drop of the good stuff. It takes a lot of oranges to produce enough juice to fill a cup. Anyone can do it and everyone likes it, but the effort is time consuming. https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/89229/fresh-orange-juice/
The bitter, exterior peel gets discarded. The seeds, hopefully, get strained out. Neither the peel or seeds will hurt you they just taste bad, but you can’t have an orange without them. The same is true of the good stuff in life. Happiness takes effort. The sweetest parts of life are often simple in their nature, but require some work on your part. In both cases any bitterness has to be removed or separated so as not to taint the sweetness. Store bought happiness is different than making your own happiness too. Making your own can be as simple as picking a bouquet or enjoying a good workout.
There is plenty of bitterness in life, without it how would we recognized what’s sweet? We need the bitter peels and the surprise seeds. The unwanted parts help us appreciate the most desired aspects in life. Squeezing out every last drop of happiness, is always worth the effort. Oranges are never in short supply, so slice, squeeze, get sticky, and enjoy all the fresh squeezed happiness you can get your hands on.
