CARPE DIEM !!!


I would like to share a small poem whose remnants I remember. A friend gifted it to me in a scrap book once on friendships day.

Each day is a lifetime in portrait.
To awaken each morning is to be born again,
to fall asleep at night is to die each day.
In between waking and sleeping are the golden hours of the day.
What we cannot do for a lifetime we can do for a daytime.
Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly,
purely, till the sun goes down.
Anyone can hold his temper for a day and
guard the words he speaks.
Anyone can carry his burden heroically for one day.
Anyone can strive to be happy for a day and
to spread happiness around.
Anyone can radiate love for a day.
Anyone can rise above fear for a day and
meet each new situation with courage.
Anyone can be kind and thoughtful and considerate for a day.
Anyone can endeavor to learn something new
each day and mark some growth.
The supreme art of living is to strive to live each day well.
When we fail and fall short, let us forgive ourselves and
consider the words of Emerson: "Finish every day and
be done with it. You have done what you could; some
blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them
as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you will
begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit
to be cumbered by your old nonsense."

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