It was the start of my last semester in QUT, I just had to grasp the hardship of finishing my professional accounting course for this one last semester.
Knowing that this would be the last semester in QUT, I had this bittersweet emotion flowing. That day itself was nothing special, I attended 2 different classes and passionately invited a stranger (a female classmate) from my tutorial to attend life group this coming Friday night, the best response she could give was that she was pretty keen to come and get to know someone new in Brisbane.
During lunch, Karen said: “The other day, Peggy and I went to koorong bookstore to shop for new books and stumble on this sign on the board written ‘Carpe Diem’ (means Seize the Day), and Peggy turn to Karen and said…..
After class, I met up with Karen, who we serve in the same church but a different lifegroup, to have lunch. During lunch, Karen said: “The other day, Peggy and I went to Koorong bookstore to shop for new books and stumble on this word on the whiteboard written ‘Carpe Diem’ (means Seize the Day), and Peggy turned to Karen and said: “I have been attending Hope church and other churches, life group, and many Christian gathering, I only see Hilary reflected this word in her life.”
To my amazed this compliment was so much better than any word “You look beautiful” or “Your outfit of the day is outstanding.” I asked Karen: “Why did she give such flattering compliments?” Karen replied: “You invited all your friends, Christians and non-Christians to your birthday party, what surprised us, was that you gave a testimony about the goodness of God in your life and that you are not ashamed to share the gospel on your birthday as well.”
Carpe Diem I went home and started to search for the word ‘Carpe Diem’. It sounds so elegant as well.
Carpe Diem
used to urge someone to make the most of the present time and give little thought to the future.#Carpediem
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old Time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles today
Tomorrow will be dying. — Robert Herrick
The poem above was mentioned in one of Robbin Williams’s movies “Dead Poets Society” — Dr John Keating inspired his students to live life to the fullness and ‘Carpe Diem’.
After much reading and researching this Latin word, I found life is short and dull if no further action is taken to make life count every second.
From this, I can see that people do not cherish life or try their best to live life to the fullest. Hence, I made myself a promise, no matter how dull life can get, I will always choose to be proactive in life making every second of it count.
Be it travelling solo or learning a new skill such as drawing or a new language. Life can be fun and colourful if we step out of our comfort zone.
