How I chose the Kennel Name: Carpe Diem
In the 70’s I attended John F. Kennedy H.S. There I studied Drama and English, although I wished I had studied Drama a bit more. Anyhow, we were studying poetry and we were instructed to write a paper discussing a poem: Invictus. I have been enamored with this poem and its relationship to how I view life and the awesomeness that life experiences bring to you as a person, if you are open to the learning.
I have since shortened the lessons in this poem to Carpe Diem! Which translated from Latin means Seize the Day!
Laura Edstrom-Smith
Invictus
By William Ernest Henley; 1849-1903
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.
Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find me, unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.
Carpe Diem
Carpe Diem, quam minimum credula postero.
"Seize the day and place no trust in tomorrow."
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