To ‘seize the day’ is to feel great enthusiasm about being alive and to be living from a place of purpose and intention. When we authentically seize the day we don’t sweat the small stuff. It becomes easier – and more enjoyable – to focus on the things that really matter. If we don’t seize the day we often ‘seize up’ instead, getting stuck in mental habits that make life terribly ordinary and frustrating.

By meditating on death and impermanence we begin to embrace life in an entirely new way. We cast off all sense of limitation and instead establish an experience of inner peace and purpose, making every day meaningful. Seize that!