5/23/2023 0 Comments Carpe diem mean![]() (But yes, you must act!)Īs you begin the new year and think about all you want to accomplish in golf in 2022, consider the shift in thinking and actions required for you to pluck the day today – and what it could mean for how you approach your Single Plane Journey. Having a masterpiece day today need not be rare, or an exception. The tree of life is essentially right beside you – and full of ripe fruit. ![]() It also means that you live in a state of abundance. It is here already to enjoy…all you need to do is step up and pluck it. Why is this subtle shift in meaning important? If today is to be plucked, there is no need to chase it down, grapple with it, fight with it, seize it or overcome it. But it turns out that the sentiment of carpe diem is more accurately translated as “ pluck the day.” In other words, to approach today as if it were a piece of ripe fruit on the tree of life ready to be plucked and enjoyed. In the past 30 years or so, carpe diem has been popularized as a motivation to: take on today, to seize it, to crush it, to make it the best day ever, to “win” the day, to dominate the day…etc.Īll well and good. Second, life is meant to be enjoyed – and if you forget to enjoy today you will have wasted a very precious gift. First, if you are not intentional about creating exactly what you want in your life, before you know it, you will run out of time. The context of Horace’s poem in which the words carpe diem appear – we are not guaranteed tomorrow, life is fleetingly short – has two implications. ![]() In that scene, Williams (as Professor Keating) leans on the Latin phrase carpe diem – loosely translated as seize the day – from a poem written by a famous Roman poet named Horace in 23 BC. If you are of a certain age, you may remember the scene from the classic 1989 movie Dead Poets Society in which Robin Williams implores his young students to “ Seize the day, boys.
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