Robert Herrick (poet) 1591 -1674 To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying And this same flower that smiles to-day tomorrow will be dying The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer Then be not coy, but use your time, And while you may, go marry For having lost but once your prime,
You may for ever tarry Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia There
is only now! Every day is not just another day as it consists of
precious moments, moments that can change your life and the lives of others positively if you have the
tenaciousness and hunger of appetite to seize the moment as you awake.
If you determine to seize the day, each day...to seize the moment in your work or
your attempts to find work that you love to do, then their is no doubt
you will succeed. It
is when you think or assume that you are imortal that time does not have it's
final say that is when the moment is lost...when you say their is always
tomorrow. Their is no tomorrow if you are no respector of time. Their is only tomorrow when you have exhausted all possibilities
today, when you have moved closer to your dreams, then their is always
tomorrow to continue the adventure that is this life. If you have given
the day away to vain chattering, to watching of the clock and a desire
to be in a more familiar place then you have nothing to start tomorrow
with. You are already running a deficit. A final thought what if today was your last day...did you do what you wanted? did you bring your best to the banquet? |
