Yes, today really is “As Young As You Feel
Day” at the 39 and Holding Club
and around the world!
Let’s join the festivities – c’mon along …
Although you can revel in hundreds of quirky,
cute, and meaningful special days on Brownielocks, my favorite holiday and commemorative list
site, this one is especially noteworthy for us 39ers.
As Young
As You Feel Day
personifies our approach to aging. When it comes down to life’s bottom line,
it’s all about ATT-I-TUDE! Thinking
in terms of dog years might help. Heehee
“Carpe Diem” — seize the day (dictionary: make
the most of present opportunities) – is an oft-repeated and revered phrase from
that ol’ Roman dude, Horace, who included it in his third book of The Odes (approx. 23BC).
Wikipedia has a
wonderful translation of his original Latin prose about the social life of Rome
in the age of Augustus:
dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem,
quam minimum credula postero.
English: While
we speak, envious time will have {already} fled: seize the day, trusting
as little as possible in the next day.
So let’s do that! Stop whatever you’re doing
and enter the 39AHC contest for a copy of the 1951
movie, “As Young As You Feel” – one
of Marilyn Monroe’s first parts (Harriet),
as a busty blonde secretary. (No they were not called Administrative Assistants
way back when.)
Hurry! Contest
ends tonight …
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