Life is Now

Life is now.
There was never a time when your life was not now,
nor will there ever be.
- Eckhart Tolle

Carpe Diem (Seize The Day)
Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day;
live life to the fullest;
make the most of what you have.
It is later than you think.
- Horace

"Seize The Day" (Carpe Diem) is sometimes interpreted as an invitation to party irresponsibly - without regard for the consequences. My interpretation of Carpe Diem is to seize the day in the sense of honoring the importance and sanctity of each day we live. It is so easy to delay the important parts of living until another day. But don't do that... Do something truly important Today.

Make Today count. Today - each Today - is the most important day of your life.

None is a failure who is enjoying life.
- William Feather

Further reading:  Cherish This Moment

Be the Melody

Live in the Present

Live Deeply
         

Beauty from Contemplation

The beauty does not live out there; the beauty's in my eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Your point of view sets you up well in advance
for how you view the events as they unfold.
- Mary Anne Radmacher

Nothing is beautiful from every point of view.
- Horace

There is no absolute point of view from which real
and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.
- T. S. Eliot

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
- David Hume

Further reading: We see what we expect to see

Finding Beauty

What You See

Through the Eyes of Another
    

For Those in Need of Comfort for the Past and Courage for the Future

Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.
- Virgil

Courage doesn't always roar.
Sometimes courage is the quiet voice
at the end of the day, saying,
"I will try again tomorrow."
- Mary Anne Radmacher

It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up.
- Vince Lombardi

The harder you fall the higher you bounce.
- Horace 

Success is not final, failure is not fatal.
It is the courage to continue that counts.
- Winston Churchill

The greatest test of courage on earth
is to bear defeat without losing heart.
- Robert Ingersoll

If you can't fly then run,
if you can't run then walk,
if you can't walk then crawl,
but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.
- Martin Luther King Jr.

In the face of unthinkable catastrophe,
hold on to your courage, your moral values,
and your vision for a brighter tomorrow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Choose your goal and keep your eye on it. Never give up.
Perhaps you will need to change your plan
and approach you goal from a different direction, but don't quit.
Keep thinking. Keep re-planning. Keep going.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Today's affirmation:
I shine my Light of God wherever I see darkness. 

Further reading: Learning from Failure

Endurance

The Darkest Night
      

Live This Day to the Fullest

Carpe Diem (Seize The Day)
Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day;
live life to the fullest;
make the most of what you have.
It is later than you think.
- Horace

Life is now.
There was never a time when your life was not now,
nor will there ever be.
- Eckhart Tolle

No man is a failure who is enjoying life.
- William Feather

"Seize The Day" (Carpe Diem) is sometimes interpreted as an invitation to party irresponsibly - without regard for the consequences. My interpretation of Carpe Diem is to seize the day in the sense of honoring the importance and sanctity of each day we live. It is so easy to delay the important parts of living until another day. But don't do that... Do something truly important Today.

Make Today count. Today - each Today - is the most important day of your life.

Further reading:  Cherish This Moment

Living in the Present

Being the Melody

Living Deeply

Honorable Paths to Noble Goals

How far you can go without destroying from within
what you are trying to defend from without?
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

The means we use must be as pure
as the ends we seek.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.
- Francis Hutcheson

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power.
We have guided missiles and misguided men.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

Prefer the honorable to the expedient.
- Horace

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek,
but a means by which we arrive at that goal.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.

The key to success, and to happiness,
is being fully engaged in life -
leading yourself with inspiration and committed action -
setting your own fine and honorable example.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Further reading: Acting Honorably

What We Are Made Of

What to Do When Your Whole World is Falling Apart?

To love - To be loved