Caren Krutsinger Poet Carpe Diem

Seize the Day

Throw enthusiasm into your next twenty-four hours.
Find something new to master, to learn, to study, to play with, to enjoy.

Pretend this is your last twenty-four hours.
Play like you have never allowed yourself to play before.

Today is your day, a magnificent day indeed.
Your chance to see the concert you have always wanted to attend.

To create your online bio, to say hello to the person you secretly admire.
No more time to wait. Grab this day and dance, sing, cartwheel.

Paint this day with purples, yellows, blues, pinks, and silver.
Enjoy her in every twinkling, sparkling, glittery facet.

Allow her to take you into corners you have never before enjoyed.
Take all of those daydreams and make them come true today.

Your twenty four hours.
For you.
Today
is 
the
day!

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M. L. Kiser July 9, 2019 at 5:00 PM Well, there goes the cooking and dishes. Caren Krutsinger July 9, 2019 at 9:57 PM And aren't you glad? I am!

Mystic Rose Rose July 6, 2019 at 8:52 PM If only we could live only for 24 hours what a release that would be, and so comforting, and worrisome, love your attitude dear Caren Caren Krutsinger July 7, 2019 at 8:00 AM I sometimes tell myself, "This is your last day." It is amazing how much FUN I have!

Andrea Dietrich July 6, 2019 at 7:12 PM great poetry for carpe diem!! I think I will just watch netflix!! Caren Krutsinger July 7, 2019 at 8:01 AM Hahahahah Here is my problem with Netflix. I have watched six seasons of Andy Griffith this summer. I can sit in a chair and press click every 28 minutes for days at a time, getting more and more depressed because I have not had any sun.

Ilene Bauer July 6, 2019 at 4:20 PM wonderful advice, caren! you make it sound easier than it is, though... (i'm delighted to hear that you have recovered!) Caren Krutsinger July 7, 2019 at 8:02 AM I am almost completely recovered. There is one really tender spot which amazes me when a sharp pain hits, as this should be over. It began on the 22nd of May! This is crazy! I am ignoring it, hoping it will leave.

Arturo Michael July 6, 2019 at 2:19 PM Fantastic...A great one to post on walls... Caren Krutsinger July 6, 2019 at 3:22 PM Thank you Arturo. I say "fake it and you will fool your brain."

Maurice Rigoler July 6, 2019 at 10:16 AM Great advice but useless without motivation. I feel sorry for people who do little with the potential of their lives except vegetate. Lots of energy in this poem, Caren. / M Caren Krutsinger July 6, 2019 at 3:22 PM Maurice, I am happy to report I am 99.9 percent well now.