Sometimes, we can get caught up in the past and feel sorry for ourselves in "the now", thus robbing ourselves of the mental emancipation to live our best lives: we can be our own jailors!
The Emancipation Of Now

It is what it is, not what it was!
Life is transient; don't live in the past.
Carpe diem—now seize the day,
Or mental bondage will be your pay,
Free yourself, Be yourself, Live for today!

Libera te ipsum, vive hodie!
(Free yourself, live today!)
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