Sapias, vina liques et spatio brevi
spem longam reseces. dum loquimur, fugerit invida
aetas: carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero.
Be wise, be truthful, strain the wine, and scale back your long hopes
to a short period. While we speak, envious time will have already fled:
seize the day, trusting as little as possible in the next day.
- Horace, Odes
Yesterday is a memory, tomorrow is a dream; our world is now.
Carpe diem, seize the day. Even now envious time has fled.
As someone who has spent much of my time on this good Earth living in either the past or the future, this has been a subject of much meditation lately. I've wondered if I've watched two thirds of my life pass by without actually living it. Life, and love, and family - all make life worth living. All can change in the blink of an eye.
Seize the day. Life is now.
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On (Songwriters: Jimmy Buffett, Matt Betton)
I bought a cheap watch from a crazy man
Floating down canal
It doesn't use numbers or moving hands
It always just says now
Now you may be thinking that I was had
But this watch is never wrong
And If I have trouble the warranty said
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On
And it rained, It was nothing really new
And it blew, we've seen all that before
And it poured, the Earth began to strain
Pontchartrain leaking through the door, tides at war
If a hurricane doesn't leave you dead
It will make you strong
Don't try to explain it just nod your head
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On
And it rained, It was nothing really new
And it blew, seen all that before
And it poured, the Earth began to strain
Pontchartrain buried the 9th Ward to the 2nd floor
According to my watch the time is now
Past is dead and gone
Don't try to shake it just nod your head
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On
Don't try to shake it just bow your head
Breathe In, Breathe Out, Move On
"Life, and love, and family - all make life worth living."
ReplyDeleteTrue. They're also all that's needed to make life worth living.
+1 juvat
ReplyDeleteBorepatch - good to see you back blogging. Hope you heal up quickly
It's a good song.
ReplyDeleteAs my Grandpa said, "Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted."
Looks like you are on the mend. Good to see you posting.
ReplyDeleteBTW: Biketoberfest down in Daytona was a blast. I test rode the entire Indian lineup - I want the Scout. (Sorry , I had to rub it in a little).
Everything in moderation, gang.
ReplyDeleteThere's been far too many "live in the moment, seize the day" types who've had way more tomorrows than they planned, and suffered for it.
A good balance in life might be boring, but when "exciting" means you haven't planned far enough ahead and you're struggling, isn't that sort of the point?