Carpe diem...

‘Carpe diem simul’ means strive through the day together….

WOW. Finally I am making a blog of my own. Yep. Even I can’t believe it. Few days ago, I watched a movie ‘Dead poet’s society.’ It’s from this wonderful film I came forward the Latin aphorism “carpe diem” which means ‘strive through the day’. The film’s plot is that of 1956 of Welton Academy, an all-boys elite prep school. In the 1989 motion pictures, the English teacher John Keating, played by Robin Williams, famously says: "Carpe diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary." Later, this line was voted as the 95th greatest movie quote by the American Film Institute. I got the recommendation for the film and I too highly recommend it.

Well, I googled the aphorism ‘carpe diem’ and found that it is taken from the book 1 of the Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC). The complete English translation text goes this way:

Ask not ('tis forbidden knowledge), what our destined term of years,

Mine and yours; nor scan the tables of your Babylonish seers.

Better far to bear the future, my Leuconoe, like the past,

Whether Jove has many winters yet to give, or this our last;

This, that makes the Tyrrhene billows spend their strength against the shore.

Strain your wine and prove your wisdom; life is short; should hope be more?

In the moment of our talking, envious time has ebb'd away.

Seize the present; trust tomorrow e'en as little as you may.

The last sentence originally: ‘carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero’ which says "Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow (the future)". The ode says that the future is unforeseen and that one should not leave to chance future happenings, but rather one should do all one can today to make one's future better.

Though the literary piece is eons old, its words still are as true as true can be. In our todays swift and fierce world, procrastination is the last thing one is expected to do. So, lets allow the beauty and meaning of this age old text sink into our mind, lets enjoy as well as give every day our fullest, lets plan the best for the future and BELIEVE- most importantly believe that we can reach our destined future and conquer our dreams….