“Carpe Diem!” <=> “Live your moment”

“A friend of his wife opened the cabinet drawer and lifted a package wrapped in silk paper:
– He – said – not an easy pacheet, is lingerie. He threw packaging paper and found a refined silk and lace. She bought the first time I was in New York 9 years ago. There never used it.
He kept it for a special occasion. Welcome … I think this is the occasion. He approached the bed linen and placed near other clothing that would lead them to pump funeral.
His wife just died.
Returning to me I said:
– Do not keep anything for a special occasion, every day lived is a special occasion.
I still think of these words … already changed my life. I sit on the terrace and admire the view without noticing garden weeds. Spend more time with family and friends and less at work. I understand that life must be a sum of experiences that you enjoy, not a fight for survival.

No longer keep anything. I use crystal glasses every day. I put my coat to go shopping again, if it so decides and mood. No longer keep the best perfume for special occasions, but use it anytime I want. Phrases “One day …” and “One of these days …” begin to disappear from my vocabulary. If something is worth seen, heard or done, I want to see, hear or do today, now. “