Seize the Day analysis

There were many words and sentences that stood out to me in the poem called Seize the Day. I really liked this poem because of the message that is sent especially to younger people. Through life, we don't always stop and look around at our surroundings. We are always on a schedule and we are all worried about our futures and trying to make sure we go to college and have a successful career. Some of the lines in this poem really represent this. One of the lines is "remember this day is a gift." This line makes you realize that life is short and that we should remember that we are lucky to be living on this earth. It is hard sometimes to remember this because there are bad days sometimes, but even these days are gifts because it helps us to be better people. I think that sometimes we forget to remember that we are lucky. I also liked like the words gold or fame. These words are what everyone thinks about in life. Everyone is so focused on making money because a lot of people do not see past money and riches. Fame is another thing that people care too much about. Even if it doesn't mean that your famous, people worry about being popular and a lot of people are also obsessed with being "internet famous." I know that life seems better when people are rich and famous but, the important thing to remember is that we need to focus on the people who we are around such as your family or your friends. The quality of people around somebody helps to shape his or her personality. In the beggining of the poem I really like the parts where they would talk about appreciating the goods thing about life, but it also says to appreciate the things wrong about life like the "fly that irks you." The common theme of this poem is to appreciate life and the things that are both good and bad about it. I found it interesting the parts about the water. I never thought about bathing in that way as if it was actually cleansing everything about you. I feel like it was saying that people should cleanse themselves of the things they have done in the past they regret. The importance of this is because if you cleanse yourself or what you have done in the past, then you can focus on the present situation like taking a deep breath of air when you wake up.  Enjoying the little things in life make you life happier and healthier. Appreciating your family and friends who around to support you is something that should be done every day. The parallel to that in the poem is when it says to pray and talk to your ancestors. I feel like talking to you family falls under that category. All of these things I feel are somewhat easy to see in the poem because there is so many things that talk about enjoying life.