An Ongoing Process

I think we can all agree that sometimes we set the bar high for ourselves.  New Year's is the most typical time we do this.  I will go to the gym everyday! I will never fight with my sister! I will manage my time better! All are admirable, but rarely do these self-promises stick as we wish they would.  The desire to better oneself is not only present on New Year's day, the week, or maybe month after.  If we have the proper attitude, these standards are also present in our spiritual lives.

IF we're honest with ourselves, it becomes fairly obvious that the world we live in often works against the standards we set for ourselves. How many food or restaurant commercials do we see on TV? How many iPad games exist to suck up that "free time" in our schedules? My friends, the world works against us even in matters that are not matters of faith.   

Although the list is extensive and the variety of situations is vast, I would like to focus on one simple example that has been prevalent in my life the past week or so.
So I start with a confession.

Carpe Diem!

Just as a refresher, Carpe Diem means "Seize the day!" in Latin. I know that earlier I had a post titled YOLO (You Only Live Once), but I decided that for today's purposes the Latin rather than 21st century youth slang would better set the tone.  Latin, being a dead language, still has much purpose and worth in today's world.  The root of many words comes from Latin, especially if we borrow the words from Latin-based languages.  Also, if you're Catholic, Latin probably has some meaning in your life as well.  Within Catholic Mass, theology readings, hymns, prayers, etc, Latin words tend to pop up at least once or twice.  Yet, knowing Latin terminology like Agnus Dei, Kyrie Elèison, Tantum ergo Sacramentum, Dona nobis pacem, Ave Maria gratia plena Dominus tecum, etc. is a very minor challenge of being Catholic.

This Latin phrase, Carpe Diem, is perhaps one of the hardest things to learn as a Catholic, as a young person, as a human being, as a girl, as me. To seize the day, live in the moment, while still being aware of the future and learning from the past is no easy task.

Happy Easter!

Good evening my friends!  Thanks for rejoining me this blessed Easter week. I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I had a wonderful time home these past few days. I spent time with my family and Daniel. My sisters and I got to go see "The Host," which I thought was fantastic. It definitely got me hooked on that song my Imagine Dragons song "Radioactive".  After we went and saw the movie, we went to IHOP, which has these AMAZING banana caramel pancake special thing going on, which is absolutely SCRUMPTIOUS.