Carpe Diem

Each day is the longest life you will experience.

Some days are firmly in your grasp; some slip through your fingers. Some offer nothing, and many are beyond reach.

But one thing is sure: if a day is offered to you, it is here to serve you.

Sometimes, it offers the usual, the familiar—what you want. Other times, it offers a new experience, a new adventure—what you don’t want.

Take whatever it offers with a smile, savor it slowly with a nod of acceptance, breathe, and offer gratitude in return.

Your life is made up of days. The ones that end in gratitude are the only ones that count.

— Osasu Oviawe