Carpe diem [1] is one way to say it, but when I saw the glass pedestal cake plate on the sunny bank of the Lower Shaker Lake I had a feeling “seize the day” was being exercised in the superlative.
What was the occasion?, I asked.
“I am waiting for my friend - we celebrate our birthdays with a picnic here every year” the young lady told me with a slight European accent. “Would you like a piece of cake?”
Not shy, I downed a slice of still warm poppy seed Bundt [2] cake. This is a walk I need to take more often!
I complemented her on her elegant candle accented cake pedestal - and her public poise. What a great day for cake in the park!
“We must milk the day” she replied with her hand in the air making pulling-squeezing milking motions - "not let anything keep you from enjoying every minute…"
I had never heard the expression “milk the day” (you’ll note from the carpe diem wikipedia link above that the Latin literal translation is close to “pluck the day”) but boy did this gal know how to demonstrate an appreciation of being alive on a sunny September day…
FYI - she's reading EAT THAT FROG by Brian Tracy
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