Seize the day
March 21st, 2007
Each lunch time I go for a walk in Kings Park. It is to have a break, to grab some exercise and spend some time alone in prayer.
More often than not I found myself walking down a path that is a reminder of fallen soldiers from World War One (WW1). Each tree that lines the pathway has a plaque that remebers a young soldier and includes their age and where they died.
One thing that jumped out at me today was just how young they were and how much potential life they missed out on! It made me think of the line from the movie Dead Poet’s Society that said, “Carpe Diem” which means seize the day.
I wonder what each of the young men who died in WW1 would do if they were alive today? What would they spend their time doing? Who would they want to catch up with? What would be important to them?
It is a timely reminder for me too. What am I doing today? What difference am I making to the the lives of those around me? Am I seizing the day that God has given me…or am I just getting through it?