Verse > Anthologies > William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. Randy Butler is a lifelong resident of Highland County and a licensed real estate agent for Classic Real Estate in Hillsboro.Robert Herrick (1591-1674). Translated it simply means seize the day! The Latin phrase “carpe diem” says it best. Why do we let those precious moments pass us by? It doesn’t matter if we’re on the receiving end or the giving end, it can make a bad day turn golden. It’s so good to be appreciated and sincerely complemented. How many profound moments have we let slip by thinking we will get it next time or later? Moments to where we could make another’s day with a small compliment, or a helping hand in some way or another? Just a simple thank you, I appreciate you, I admire you, and so many other ways we can encourage our peers or maybe even a complete stranger. As they got older the excitement just kind of wore off. Think of when your kids were small and how they ran to meet you when you came home every day. Who else was surprised to learn he was 90? William Shatner was in the news last week as he went into space. To my surprise he was 77 years old, the average age for men. I was thinking he was much younger than he was. it is listed as being higher with women at 81 and men at 77.Īn old friend of mine passed away this week. I had to look it up, but globally the average lifespan for women is 77 years while men are living to be only 70. So, what’s the point in this seemingly random writing? While we are in “big deal” mode, I think we should all consider how short our small moment in time is. Much beyond that and the average life span takes care of that. I think most of you will agree that our memories will only go back about two generations. Most of them had passed on either before I was born or before I was old enough to know them. I kind of remember one of them, but that’s about it. What does the poem to the virgins to make much of time To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time is Robert Herrick’s famous 1648 carpe diem poem, encouraging women (and readers in general) to make the most of their youths while they still can. But, my great-grandparents, that was another story. Gather ye rosebuds while ye may is the first line from the poem To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time by Robert Herrick. They played an important part in my childhood. Growing up I was very close to all my grandparents. Is it normal to think everyone else looks much older than yourself? Anyone that’s ever attended a high school reunion always leaves with a sense of how you’ve held up much better compared to all the others. I considered them very old at the time, and looking back most of them were younger than I am now. My dad would be gone soon.Ī few of my teachers also come to mind. I knew for a fact at 33, your days were numbered. To a very imaginative child this was very concerning to me.
I can remember as a 7– to 8-year-old kid my dad had a birthday. We may have to look hard at some points in our lives to see it, but I hope it is there. At our jobs, to our family, our church, whatever organization we may belong to, or maybe just to our pets. I would like to think we are all a big deal to someone in our lives. Not exactly words to live by, but it is kind of catchy.
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I have a stand on my desk that says: “I am kind of a big deal.” I sort of stole it from Ron Burgundy in the movie “Anchorman”.