This Spring Find Out What Your Joy Quotient Is! "Life is either a grand adventure or nothing at all."~Helen Keller Overnight the buds of the trees began to sprout. Spring has finally arrived. Temperatures here are rising, vibrantly hued flowers are blooming and there is a fruity smell as I walk down the pavement of the 72nd street. Springtime brings with it a happy and cheerful feeling which rises in the pit of my stomach and the excitement of something good brews in my heart. With April Showers on the 22nd of April, I feel romance is in the air. If not for the unfinished work sitting at my desk I would have been hitting the road with Aaliyah and stealing a kiss or two while listening to her ceaseless and sensational stories from every part of her life, blended with a love song filling in the silence in between. Just last night I was ruminating over things that weren't working for me. Aaliyah was right beside me looking my way with a painful longing in her heart, while I was staring at my mobile trying to fix meetings and appointments with people who do not really matter. Transitions can bring joy or steal them away from us. While mundane overwhelms us and seasons make us joyous, we attach our daily sip of happiness to something or the other and soon find ourselves parched as the external sources are ephemeral. Can we instead just have the fountain of joy within us? Can we be independent of things, food, substance, people and situations to give us pleasure and happiness? Can we prioritize what really matters and drop the insignificant? What is our inner joy quotient? Read More | 