The word carpe diem means the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment without concern for the future. In other words, it is telling us to seize the days! Live for the moment. Be truly present and go with the flow.

There are days when we feel anxious about the future, worry about money, health, or our loved ones. They are the ones that help us to see hope and comfort in the smallest of things. Let’s try to put aside everyday worries and grab life with both hands.

The following is an extract of William Wordsworth’s poem titled Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey:

And all its aching joys are now no more,

And all its dizzy raptures. Not for this

Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur; other gifts

Have followed, for such loss, I would believe,

Abundant recompense. For I have learned

To look on nature, not as in the hour

Of thoughtless youth, but hearing oftentimes

The still, sad music of humanity,

Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power

To chasten and subdue. And I have felt

A presence that disturbs me with the joy

Of elevated thoughts; a sense sublime

Of something far more deeply interfused,

Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns,

And the round ocean, and the living air,

And the blue sky, and in the mind of man.