Carpe Diem

You spend too much time living in the future that you overlook the blessings today can hold.
Sure, your future is bright, and you're the only one who can make it any different,
But the future isn't now.
Right now is the only opportunity you'll have to smile at someone, and to show them love and kindness that you may never be able to show them again.

A teacher once told me, "If you learn nothing else from me this year, I want you to learn the meaning of carpe diem." He meant literally, to learn and remember that carpe diem means seize the day. But that taught me that I need to learn how to seize the day.

I will seize today, as much as I look ahead to the future, I will embrace right now with open arms. I will learn to appreciate my friends, family, and circumstances as they are right now because they could totally change tomorrow.

The future cannot happen without the building blocks of today, tomorrow, and yesterday. But this moment is the only thing we are guaranteed.  So look forward to the future, but don't lose appreciation for today.