Thursday, August 27, 2009

Carpe diem: question to ponder

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may" (Herrick) and "Had we but world enough, and time, ... / Thus, though we cannot make our sun / Stand still, yet we will make him run" (Marvell).

Carpe diem means "seize the day", "pluck the day", "catch the day," living life to the fullest. The question is: How do you define "living life to the fullest"?

25 comments:

Ariesta Vita (11407008) said...

For me, it means that we must do the things that we really enjoy.
if you aren't happy about something, then just forget it or change it.
in the poetry, i think the deep meaning is while you are bless alive, don't waste your time with keep silent from whatever you don't like. get everything you possibly can from this world. time is not waiting for you. you'll only live once, use it wisely. don't wait until tomorrow cause you'll never know what it will be..............

-11407029- said...

living life to the fullest is not just about "do what we want to do". It is about catch our dream, how to improve our talent and do something that can make people realized that " hey, I am here "

vania_11407007 (white_calla) said...

i live life to the fullest when i..

- can do my best (showing d biggest effort i have)
- can use each cairos that God gives wisely
- can make my family proud of me
- can maximize all my talents to bless others
- can do good deeds which are appropriate to my portion

last but not least, i live life to the fullest when i can be different from others n be d light...

Aulia 11407048 said...

living life to the fullest :
all my days are the process of reaching all my goals ( my dreams and becoming a better person)
it means that we must appreciate our day. because by appreciating our day we will understand that our day is valuable and we will do the best in each seconds. in appreciating my day, i do some actions. first, i do all my activities wisely and full of responsible. i never know what will happen in my day whether a bad or a good event that will occur during the day. i always face it and try to do my best. i do this way in order to make me satisfied of my day and i will not regret of what i have done. second, i always make a reflection of all the events that i have got toward my self-quality. thus, i could learn something from my day and my day become valuable. it will not waste my day and make it a wonderful day. every day i will get a new experience and knowledge that i could use as my preparation in the future.

thus, i think i have my fullest day without anything should be regretted.

Marsella said...

For me, living life to the fullest is enjoy every single moment in my life and make it become worth it and memorable..

The poetry said that we have to marry as soon as possible. But for me I don't think that marry in young age is the most important think and the measurement that we are in the climaks of our happiness. I won't be TOO FOCUS on that. It will be better for me to focus on the other aspects of my life, like keep on working on my educational life (get the degree as high as I can)and make my parents proud of me, rather than always wondering "When will I get married???, why my boyfriend hasn't proposed me yet???" :)

Endry said...

"living life to the fullest" means that I have to find the real meaning of my life, or in other words, my purpose of living. without any purpose, one feels "the pain of merely being alive", wandering in nothingness until one's age catches up to him. it's not about doing my best, not about doing what I have to do, but do what I am destined to do.

by the way, -Shinn Neliel- is me, and I am no foreigner hahaha..

Satya said...

Okay guys,
all comments are appreciated. Only make sure that you leave your name, not only your registered number. You're a person and want to get good score right. You're not a number or foreigner.

marisa tanzil said...

11407029 - also known as marisa tanzil..
kekekkeke..
:))

Teguh Sumantri said...

11407037 -- Teguh Sumantri ^^

-depha- said...

hemm...
maybe like enjoying our life, no matter if it is hard to pass it, but it's like, easy going life..
hahhaa...

Mona (11407012) said...

i live the fullest of my life when I know the purpose of my life.... when I know about it exactly, I can determine my life's focus...

everything will be easier and more complete when the focus is already determined....

overall, i live my fullest, obviously, when God still love me...

^^Yuliana_11407011^^ said...

i think, it means that we must use our time wisely, use our time to do things that we like.. besides, i also agree with my friends which is said that ^time is not waiting for us^, we never know what will happen today, tomorrow, next week, etc.. so let's appreciate our time from now..

in our life, there are things that we don't want it to happen, but have to accept it, things we don't want to know but have to learn it.. therefore, this poetry want tell us to use our time sincerely before regret comes to us..
remember that ^regret always comes late^...

Patrisia (11407016) said...

living life to the fullest means that I should manage my time well so that I can reach my dream. I want to make every second in my life memorable...
God has given me time, so I have to use it wisely....
I don't want to waste it because time is never back....
I should appreciate it...

Living life to the fullest also means that I already have my purpose of life, so I know what I have to do in my life...

Living life to the fullest means

- I enjoy my life
- I can share my happiness
- I can make my family happy and proud of me...
- I can reach my dreams
- I can find my soulmate...(hehehe)

Satya said...

@ Marisa: Now you make yourself clear. But to do what you want to do can be negative, don't you think so? Our want is often unlimited, and if it isn't well-managed or well-organized or well-controlled, it can be very very wild.

@ Teguh: What did you say?

@ All: well-expressed comments. Seize the day, guys. Seize the day.

Nobody said...

living live to the fullest I think talking about how we should seek "the true us" For example if we do not know who we are, we cannot do anything. We as human being only can live in this world once. That is why we should really consider about how we should live our life. Are we just going to waste it by just having fun? Or we're doing something for others? That is related to our purpose of life. If we know what the meaning of our existence that mean we can work our live we will not live like an ordinary people. Our life will be a significant life. I believe that if a person succeed in doing "living life to the fullest" after their death, their life will still be a inspiration to another person.

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Hendra Kurwanto 11407004 said...

Living life to the fullest...
In life, there should be a goal or purpose, wheter it is a short-term goal or long-term goal. By achieving that goal, means that we are living the our life to the fullest..
Btw, how to live the life to the fullest?
In my opinion, there are some ways to do that.
1) don't waste our time. Spend our time effectively by doing something that can help us to achieve our goal.
2) do the best for everything.
3) have a new spirit every day!
4) Be grateful!
However, if my goal cannot be achieved, it doestn't matter for me since i've done my best and i always enjoy what i'm experincing every moment in my life.
Last: catch the day!

shella nanggoy said...

Living life to the fullest is about you feel satisfied with your life and really enjoy it although human being will always get problem. When people get something good today they will get more than today. So
so in my opinion "fullest" here you all out in your daily life and you love it!!! =)

Teguh Sumantri -- 11407037 said...

In my opinion, living to the fullest means I live by doing all the things that I am supposed to do. I do not want to waste my chance that I have got . Thus, in the end, no regrets will I feel when I am old.u

Erdina (11407028) said...

I think living life to the fullest or seize the day means that we must have a goal , a purpose to life, where we bring our life to. And then,to reach those we should use our lifetime to the fullest so we can have meaning of life..

Eka (11407031) said...

living life to the fullest for me is if i can find my main purpose to live, i know exactly what i have to do and use time wisely.
knowing the purpose of life can make my life become meaningful and hope it can bless other people.
indeed, to reach all those things is not easy. faithfulness (in God), wise in using time (time is always running), and do the best are needed to reach them all...

jane 11407041 said...

For me, living life to the fullest means we have to be greatful and appreciate for what He has been given because live is gift from god.
like Ariesta said before, time is not waiting for us, so we have to do all things that indicate we are greatful to God. for example we don't complain about this life..

Imelda - 11407001 said...

Living life to the fullest is when I can reach my goal and dream, when I do my best in every effort I do, when I do not waste time for nothing, when I believe in God every second in every condition, when I can make my parents to be the happiest parents, when I experience both misery and happiness, when I am success to be a mother and wife, and when I can be a better person in every aspect as myself is aging…

Elly vander said...

Elly Vander JSH
11407013
living life to the fullest means i have tried my best to get my goal and do not live in regretfulness...

-11407044- Angela said...

for me, living life to the fullest means:
- I know what I want to do in our life.
- I do everything as best as I could without regretting.
- I never look back to my failure and make me give up, but I want to make all my failures to be a lesson that can make me succeed, and never do the same thing again.
- I can make my family proud of me.
- N the most important thing, I can develop my talent that God has given to me, so I can praise Him.

Unknown said...

In my opinion, living life to the fullest is the condition that I will do what I want to do because time is money. I don't even know what will happen tomorrow. I also try the best for getting everything that I want. May be It sounds like an ambition but it is true that I really care about reach my goal in this life. I life once, I want to enjoy my life, so I hope I will not regret anything. In short, as a woman I also have an ambition too...:)