Carpe Diem. Carpe diem is a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace that has become an aphorism. It is popularly translated as "seize the day". Carpe literally means "to pick, pluck, pluck off, cull, crop, gather", but Ovid used the word in the sense of, "To enjoy, seize, use, make use of". [source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpe_diem] I knew this phrase by heart but never really put it into practice. I always thought that in life,...
