Carpe Diem!
Dear Reader, One very kind correspondent and friend this week sent me a video on the topic of carpe diem - to seize the moment. One particular phrase in it rather stuck out for me. This was: Yesterday is history - tomorrow is a mystery . Today is a gift: it is a present ! I would - in a mystical fashion - add: Today is also pre-sent! The whole idea of the present being so important is an essential theme within all the great religious philosophies, particularly in the Indian-sourced religions: Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism, but can be found in others too, such as Zoroastrianism and Taoism. Strangely enough, Christianity and Islam are fairly quiet on the topic - they rely more on scripture rather than philosophy - but the inference is still there. To put it another way: "what's the use of worrying, you know it ain't worthwhile..." as the poor Tommies sang on the way to the Western Front over 100 years ago. And, another homespun bit of