Last update: Augusts 06, 2015
Any guy:
He sat next to me, a few meters separated us, although in reality we were much farther away. My cowardice only allowed me to look at her when I couldn't be seen, and when she lifted my head from her book, I couldn't help but lower mine.
I always waited for her to come out first and watched her carefully as she was about to quietly leave. She greeted the librarian politely and, without looking back, she disappeared beyond that sad door.
Once home, I counted the hours left to see her again. I dreamed of it both day and night. I thought of her delicate way of scrolling through her pages and the special grimace she made of her when she focused on something she was reading.
I counted the seconds and sat there, day after day, to be able to see her again ...
An ordinary girl:
He was there, in his usual place, absorbed in reading, wearing one of those horrible shirts that his mother surely bought for him. He was there as always. My heart leapt, I couldn't concentrate on my book and had to look. I raised my head trying to be discreet and looked up at him, in the usual attempt to study him.
Those glasses were very ugly, but he seemed so fascinating and interesting that inside me I prayed that sooner or later he would invite me for a coffee. I was trying to understand what he was studying and I was wondering if he had a girlfriend or not. Even though I didn't need to study that much, the very idea of ​​seeing him made me go to the library to go over my notes, day after day, week after week.
When I left, I always went up to the librarian and asked her with an accomplice air if by chance he had turned to look at me. At which, the clerk, who wore glasses as big as the bottoms of a bottle, she didn't know what to tell me, since her sight did not allow her to see what I had asked of her.
When I got home, I would write down in my diary the things about him that had caught my attention that day and conclude with an imaginary ending in which my wishes appeared: I simply wanted him to approach me and introduce himself to me.
In life, we often worry about the past and the future, but very rarely do we dedicate ourselves to the present. We let it slip out of our hands and we don't realize she will never come back.
During childhood we want to be adults, then we live youth as if it were eternal and, once adults, we understand that we don't have much time. That is the moment when we take stock of what has happened to us during our life: we ask ourselves if we have made the most of our time, if we have done things correctly and if we have taken the opportunities that were offered to us.
Many times we have done it, but many more not, and it is in this second case that we begin to think "What if ...?"
"Carpe Diem" it is a Latin expression that means "seize the moment", even if, in reality, its value is much broader: it is a philosophy of life. It is a different way of appreciating life, it is a hymn to freedom, it is the will to grab all the opportunities that are offered to us..
It means enjoying life, living in the moment, taking in the air, being carried away by the wind, living the present and being grateful for your existence: do not let life simply flow, because moments pass and never repeat themselves. Enjoy life, drink its pulp and delight yourself with it.
Live in such a way that you no longer have to ask yourself "What if ...?"
It is right to plan for the future and it is good to remember the past, to know where we come from and where we are going; however, none of this makes sense if we don't enjoy what we have now. Lose yourself in playing with a child, kiss passionately, drink a good glass of wine with friends, read a good book, stroll along the promenade and enjoy the rays of the sun that warm your body.
Living life means feeling it, breathing it, loving it, enjoying the moments it offers and going to sleep with the desire to start a new day., all to be discovered. Because even from negative things there is something good to learn and, without the bad times, you would not be able to appreciate the good ones.
Seizing the moment and living the present means learning, letting go, feeling without thinking and doing things without prejudice. We must live without setting too many limits, letting the true essence of the moments we live invade our soul and enrich it.
Carpe diem allows us not to miss moments of happiness: a love, a job or an opportunity for improvement can only be grasped in a magical and unique moment of our life.
Two ordinary guys
One day, one of them found a closed envelope in his hands, brought to the librarian. Inside there was a note that said "To you who look at me: you took my soul away ”.
Image courtesy of Zurjeta
