As I was cleaning up my inbox this morning, I came across this quote in an email from a friend. The email was three years old, but the quote was still as inspiring and convicting today as it was three year ago. Well, maybe not quite as convicting as it was three year ago. The past five years have been intense to put it mildly. However, I am emerging from this storm / wilderness season of loss and learning with a great appreciation of the light and rainbows in myself and others. I still have times of self-doubt and self-criticism, but they are far fewer and shorter. Three years ago, I didn’t truly know my worth and beauty. Today, I know my beauty; I know my worth. Sometimes, I forget. However, the difference now is that since I know it I can remind myself of it. Life is too precious to squander; let’s seize the day. Carpe diem!