Carpe Diem

Seize The Day. This phrase is often verbalized and sung about. You see posters, T-shirts and hear from many famous and some educated people using this phrase. (Yes I do mean this to sounds the way it does.) The dictionary tells us it means: “Enjoy the present and don’t worry about the future, as in It’s a beautiful day, so forget tomorrow’s test carpe diem! Latin for “seize the day,” an aphorism found in the Roman writer Horace’s Odes, this phrase has been used in English since the early 1800s.” Many have used this to mean anything from go ahead and live how you want because you may die tomorrow to relax and enjoy today because this is what you have. I was contemplating this kind of thing on my way home from work today after a 6 days stretch and being over tired. I was thinking about my list of “To do’s” and thinking about enjoying things. Why was a I working full time? Why did I have a list of things to do? When was the last time I really enjoyed a day off? Do I enjoy events in every day? I tend to ask myself a lot of questions as I think and drive. It is not until after I am safely home that I begin to mull them over to answer them. Just a bit ago I was reading a friend’s blog and her story about a girl who was looking for the color in her world and I thought about being that girl and seeing where I could find color in my world… to enjoy those moments. To become aware of the color all around me. Those miracles that crop up out of the blue, those moments of fun and spontaneity. It’s not that I am a serious kind of soul as I tend to see the funny side of things and it may be just that I am tired and it’s winter and it seems to be a time of reflection for me. To look around and see what I am doing, where I am heading. What is happening with my family. Any time I do take things too seriously I can be assured that my dog or my kids or hubby will do something that gets me to giggling.

— Kareen
Sat, Jan 22^nd, 2005 · 3:47pm ↑

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