carpe diem

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The Word of the Day for April 22 is:

carpe diem   \KAR-peh-DEE-em\   noun 
     : the enjoyment of the pleasures of the moment without concern for the 
future

Example sentence: 
     In the spirit of carpe diem we jumped at the chance to travel to Paris, 
even though it was a stretch for our budget.

Did you know?
     This Latin phrase literally means "Pluck the day!" but it is most often 
translated as "Seize the day!" Horace, the Roman poet, coined the phrase to 
convey the philosophy that one should enjoy life while one can. The so-called 
"carpe diem poetry" of 16th-century and 17th-century England expresses this 
idea in verse; in a well-known example, Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress," the 
poet urges his lover to submit to his embraces before her beauty fades and they 
both die.





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