The Quiet Meaning of Now

What use is regret once everything has already passed,
and what meaning is there in realization that comes too late?

We should be grateful while we are still together,
and remain faithful to this very moment
so that fewer regrets may quietly settle in the heart.

To be able to face one another now,
to share our hearts,
to feel each other’s emotions

that alone
is reason enough for something to be infinitely precious.

Perhaps Carpe Diem was born from precisely this truth.