Talking about Carpe Diem in Mrs Carters class got me thinking. Do we as overly busy teenagers actually stop and take a moment to think about things that have happened that we have just let slide by? I certainly don't. I have let more than one thing in my life slide by that probably could have helped me take a breather from all the things that pile up on me. I just want to get through that "pile" of things that never ends and never take a moment to stop and look at each thing individually.
Seize your day. No one else is EVER going to go it for you and like Pink Floyd so perfectly put it, "No on told you when to run. You missed the starting gun." If we don't seize the day and stop taking everything we have for granted, one day we are all are going to find that we have nothing and we are going wish that we had stopped to smell the roses. That we had sat in the green grass just soaking up the sun. That we had danced in the rain and done other things that we can never find time do and if it does happen we just speed right on through that moment in our lives.
Just yesterday, I was sitting in Mrs Carters class again talking to Whitney Withers. We were finishing up with Carpe Diem and she said something that has stuck with me. She said, "I hate realizing that every minute of everyday is one that I am never, ever going to get back." Have we wasted part of our lives? We are never going to get those moments back. Ever. Did we make the right decisions? Did we stop to relish in that one moment? Maybe one day there will be just ONE moment were if we just stop and relish in it, it could change our lives for the better.
I was listening to my playlist and I found a song that fits Carpe Diem perfectly :D
"If Today Was Your Last Day" by Nickelback
My best friend gave me the best advice
He said each day's a gift and not a given right
Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind
And try to take the path less traveled by
That first step you take is the longest stride
If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have?
If today was your last day
Against the grain should be a way of life
What's worth the prize is always worth the fight
Every second counts 'cause there's no second try
So live like you'll never live it twice
Don't take the free ride in your own life
If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have?
Would you call old friends you never see?
Reminisce old memories
Would you forgive your enemies?
Would you find that one you're dreamin' of?
Swear up and down to God above
That you finally fall in love
If today was your last day
If today was your last day
Would you make your mark by mending a broken heart?
You know it's never too late to shoot for the stars
Regardless of who you are
So do whatever it takes
'Cause you can't rewind a moment in this life
Let nothin' stand in your way
Cause the hands of time are never on your side
If today was your last day
And tomorrow was too late
Could you say goodbye to yesterday?
Would you live each moment like your last?
Leave old pictures in the past
Donate every dime you have?
Would you call old friends you never see?
Reminisce old memories
Would you forgive your enemies?
Would you find that one you're dreamin' of?
Swear up and down to God above
That you finally fall in love
If today was your last day
:) so live life to its fullest cause you NEVER know when your last moment will be
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Monday, March 28, 2011
Ugg...
I am here sitting on my bed at home, missing a whole bunch of opportunity to learn something because I am sick. I hate being sick! The pain that radiates through your lungs as you cough yet again, how it feels like you ate sand paper and it got lodged in your throat making it scratch the inside of your esophagus every time that you do cough, the abs that are forming from all the coughing, all the achy muscles, the runny nose, or the head that feels like it is seriously going to explode and no matter how many Motrin you take, it never goes away :P Ugg I really really hate being sick.
Any way, while I am stuck at home sick I have had to time to catch up on much needed sleep and I have gotten to think in the quiet of my room. Something that would never happen at school. Thinking about what you may ask? Everything is all I have to answer. Yesterday, I was on Facebook talking with one of my friends who asked what was on my mind. I answered the same way as I just did. Everything, or a whole bunch of random, useless nonsense. To that they replied: u should try to clear ur mind a bit...it'll make things less stressful. Someone younger than me just told me that my life would be a lot less stressful if I just let go of all the useless things I was thinking about. You know what? They're right! Probably more right than they've been right their wholes lives! I really do need to let my mind rest. Stop thinking about those stupid ACT things all the time. In English class yes, think about them all the time, but outside of class? Forget about them for a moment. Forget about what so and so said, it really doesn't matter anyway. Stop thinking about what you could have done differently almost a month ago, it doesn't matter any more!
Living a stressful life is probably why I happen to be sick right now. All the stress can lower the immune system, therefore making you more susceptible to what ever bug is floating around at the time. The only problem is I can't seem to let go all of this stress. Some of it yes, it's easy, but letting go of the rest of it is going to be the hardest thing I have done in my entire life. There are certain things that are just hard to let go, and I don't know why.
So after all of this I think we now know that living a stressful lifes sucks :) Getting out and living your life is so much better for you than sitting around letting your mind be full of useless things that aren't going to help all that much.
Just some stuff that have been on my mind lately :D
Any way, while I am stuck at home sick I have had to time to catch up on much needed sleep and I have gotten to think in the quiet of my room. Something that would never happen at school. Thinking about what you may ask? Everything is all I have to answer. Yesterday, I was on Facebook talking with one of my friends who asked what was on my mind. I answered the same way as I just did. Everything, or a whole bunch of random, useless nonsense. To that they replied: u should try to clear ur mind a bit...it'll make things less stressful. Someone younger than me just told me that my life would be a lot less stressful if I just let go of all the useless things I was thinking about. You know what? They're right! Probably more right than they've been right their wholes lives! I really do need to let my mind rest. Stop thinking about those stupid ACT things all the time. In English class yes, think about them all the time, but outside of class? Forget about them for a moment. Forget about what so and so said, it really doesn't matter anyway. Stop thinking about what you could have done differently almost a month ago, it doesn't matter any more!
Living a stressful life is probably why I happen to be sick right now. All the stress can lower the immune system, therefore making you more susceptible to what ever bug is floating around at the time. The only problem is I can't seem to let go all of this stress. Some of it yes, it's easy, but letting go of the rest of it is going to be the hardest thing I have done in my entire life. There are certain things that are just hard to let go, and I don't know why.
So after all of this I think we now know that living a stressful lifes sucks :) Getting out and living your life is so much better for you than sitting around letting your mind be full of useless things that aren't going to help all that much.
Just some stuff that have been on my mind lately :D
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