Carpe Diem

I recently read a devotional that was written by Bishop T. D. Jakes of The Potter's House in Dallas, Texas. In the devotional, Bishop Jakes writes about how to have a passion for living. Bishop Jakes writes:

"What good is life without living? Taste it, live it - even at the risk of occasional failure and adversity! Have you a passion to triumph? ... Wake up and play! ... God has much for you to do! Arise and breahte deeply of this moment. There will never be another moment in your life like this one!"

Bishop Jakes' words remind me of the wonderful Robin Williams film from 1989 called "The Dead Poet's Society." In the film, Williams plays a contemporary professor at a not-so-contemporary boys' boarding school in the late 1950s. He frequently says to his young male students, "Carpe Diem." This is Latin for "Seize the Day."

Carpe Diem.

Seize the day.

Taste it.

Live it.

Have a passion to triumph.

Wake up and play!

Arise.

Breathe deeply of this moment.

There will never be another moment in your life like this one.

Bishop Jakes and Robin Williams both had it right.

Carpe Diem.

Seize the day!

Seize today!