Aug 21, 2010

CARPE DIEM

This has been the way I have tried to live my life.  Today it was brought to my attention in a forceful manner.  A neighbour was talking with his wife at breakfast when he suddenly slumped over and died.  Perhaps it is in getting older that one realizes you can't wait for tomorrow, do it today, call a friend, send flowers to a loved one or just send out positive thoughts to the universe because tomorrow may never come.

A little history here….

Carpe diem

Meaning

Usually translated from the Latin as 'seize the day', or sometimes as 'enjoy the day, pluck the day when it is ripe'.

Origin

carpe diemThe origin source for the Latin phrase is Horace – in Odes Book I:

Dum loquimur, fugerit invida
Aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero

which translates as:

While we're talking, envious time is fleeing: seize the day, put no trust in the future

Lord Byron was the first to integrate it into English in his 1817 'Letters', which was published in 1830 by T. Moore:

“I never anticipate, – carpe diem – the past at least is one's own, which is one reason for making sure of the present.”

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