Today is the only day that we can really be sure of. Yesterday is a memory, and tomorrow is a hope. I want to spend every day living in this philosophy- not to devalue the past or the future, but to be fully present in the here and now. That way I’ll be doing my best, with my best intention. As I’ve been doing an internship at a preschool, in preparation for earning my preschool director’s license, I’ve been completely surrounded by that “carpe diem” attitude. Kids do this naturally. It’s only in “growing up” and being so practical that we beat this attitude out of ourselves.
Part of fulfilling this is to interpret ideals with our actions. What you believe only really matters if you live up to your beliefs in real life. I get so frustrated with “Christians” who act like so righteous and all knowing, because that was the opposite to Jesus’ character. Knowing a lot about holy books only really matters if you’re able to interpret them with your action. A parallel to this would be reading an instruction manual over and over and never attempting to put the darn swing set together. Or expecting the swing set to just put itself together because you’re now an expert on building it!
And, please accept the fact that everyone (due to their human-ness) will interpret the instructions differently! To deny our humanity is to devalue our opportunity to learn something from this lifetime. I heartily believe that we actually learn best by doing- another truth of the preschool classroom. So, to be terribly cliché, seize the day and “Just do it.”
Peace, Love, and Laughter,
Emily
Part of fulfilling this is to interpret ideals with our actions. What you believe only really matters if you live up to your beliefs in real life. I get so frustrated with “Christians” who act like so righteous and all knowing, because that was the opposite to Jesus’ character. Knowing a lot about holy books only really matters if you’re able to interpret them with your action. A parallel to this would be reading an instruction manual over and over and never attempting to put the darn swing set together. Or expecting the swing set to just put itself together because you’re now an expert on building it!
And, please accept the fact that everyone (due to their human-ness) will interpret the instructions differently! To deny our humanity is to devalue our opportunity to learn something from this lifetime. I heartily believe that we actually learn best by doing- another truth of the preschool classroom. So, to be terribly cliché, seize the day and “Just do it.”
Peace, Love, and Laughter,
Emily