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Dead Poets Society: Carpe Diem (Ecclesiastes 9:10)

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John Keating in Dead Poets Society stands his students before photographs of previous generations and whispers Carpe diem - seize the day. Those boys in the photographs are now fertilizing daffodils. The urgency is not morbid but clarifying: your life is short, make it matter. Ecclesiastes commands whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might. Keating is not teaching hedonism but purpose - the fierce commitment to live fully while we have the chance. The boys who hear him best are transformed; those who cannot hear remain trapped in their fathers expectations. Seizing the day requires first being awake.

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Scripture References

Ecclesiastes 9:10Psalm 90:12Ephesians 5:15-16

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