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WotD: Carpe diem
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes
Hello, and how are you doing today?
Yes, I know it’s Monday, and you have a lot on your plate, but carpe diem, as they say.
It’s a little Latin phrase that translates into ‘seize the day.’
What the heck does ‘seize the day’ mean, you might be wondering.
Well, it means to live in the moment and enjoy the here and now instead of fretting about the future.
Some people don’t enjoy their Sundays because they spend them worrying about their Mondays.
Even more people don’t enjoy their Mondays because they worry about what’s coming up during the week.
They don’t know about carpe diem.
The thing is, tomorrow never comes.
Every time you wake up in the morning, it’s today.
The way I look at it is I can’t control the future.
I can’t even control the now.
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All I can control is how I react to what happens to me.
So, carpe diem, seize the day and enjoy the moment.
Perhaps we could say it’s an earlier form of mindfulness.
If we spend our days worrying about what may happen tomorrow, we’ll miss out on all the little pleasures life offers us right now.
Take pleasure in knocking things off your to-do list, take pride in your preparations for the future, enjoy the sunbeams streaming in through the window and know that you are making the most of every moment you have on this planet.
That’s carpe diem.
The ancient Romans spoke Latin, and they knew a thing or two about enjoying life.
The next time you feel the Monday blues, think to yourself, carpe diem and enjoy the here and now.
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