Carpe Diem

Seize life! Eat bread with gusto,
Drink wine with a robust heart.
Oh yes—God takes pleasure in your pleasure!
Dress festively every morning.
Don't skimp on colors and scarves.
Relish life with the spouse you love
Each and every day of your precarious life.
Each day is God's gift. It's all you get in exchange
For the hard work of staying alive.
Make the most of each one!
Whatever turns up, grab it and do it. And heartily!
This is your last and only chance at it,
For there's neither work to do nor thoughts to think
In the company of the dead, where you're most certainly headed.

And the above was from Ecclesiastes 9:7-10, The Message bible's translation. Of course the other translations are a lot more sober.

No mention of Heaven, no mention of the afterlife. In fact:

4But he who is joined with all the living has hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
5For the living know that they will die, but^(H) the dead know nothing, and they have no more reward, for^(I) the memory of them is forgotten.
6Their love and their hate and their envy have already perished, and forever they have no more share in all that is done under the sun.

So, friends, Eat! Drink! Be Merry. For come the morrow, we may die.


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