Carpe Diem !!!

Do you know what Carpe Diem means ?

I knew at some time , and then chose to forget it like all the mundane words which I hide in some
cobwebby corner of my mind .

Carpe Diem !! is an exclamation used to urge someone to make the most of the present time .

To live in the moment is to be what we are .

All the cells , molecules and every step of our lives have conspired to put us right where we are .

To not sieze this well  thought after moment would be foolishness .

And yet , day after day we choose to forgo it .

Many years ago, one of my friend's google talk status read " I take a new birth with every breath I take".

I had thought "Oh! how energetic of him" and also what happens to his past births then ?

psst : I am notorious in confusing berth and birth , which has resulted in many a funny conversations .

What if we were all butterflies and had just one day to live .  What is the one thing we would do ?

I for one would love and shout at everyone at once . 

I have this fear that I have never been able to express to near ones how much I actually love them . 

Under all the well practiced pretense of "I can let go very easily" , lies the memory which is suddenly evoked after many years . 

When people leave us , they often leave happy memories behind . 

I"ll always remember her smell and not her dying breath when I remember my granny .

I"ll always remember her baby steps and not her dying flesh when I remember my dog .

I"ll always remember the fun when climbing trees and not the trouble when caught cheating with friends.

I"ll always remember her smiling welcoming face and not the spat we had when I left my best friend .

I"ll always remember the para gliding and not the tears when we vacationed to Goa .

I"ll always remember us talking  about our favorite books and not the mean words we said to each other  .

I"ll always remember how I missed my father when he was gone and not the scoldings when I would misplace things.

I"ll always remember the laughter and not the tears .

Carpe Diem , my friend , sieze the happiness in you and keep it in you . 

Sadness ought not to be yours . You have to find your happiness in what fate has assigned you to.

What would you do if there was No Tomorrow ? What would you really really really do ?

Take the shortest flight back to India

Eat the food you really want to

Profess love to the one that got away

Hug the person nearest to you

Write a long ass apology letter

Actually & Really Love yourself .

Take a pick my friend , the moment is yours to seize !!!