Momenti Mori

‘Remember you will die'

Momenti Mori is Latin for “remember death” and reminds us to live each day to the fullest.

If you Google the term, you’ll find several different origins. A few of them are:

The ancient practice of reflection on our mortality that goes back to Socrates, who said that the proper practice of philosophy is “about nothing else but dying and being dead.”

The phrase is believed to originate from an ancient Roman tradition in which a servant would be tasked with standing behind a victorious general as he paraded though town.

The early Puritan settlers were particularly aware of death and fearful of what it might mean, so a Puritan tombstone will often display a memento mori intended for the living.

An artistic or symbolic reminder of the inevitability of death. The expression 'memento mori' developed with the growth of Christianity, which emphasized Heaven, Hell, and salvation of the soul in the afterlife.

Moral of the story…. if you’re compelled to dominate, or submit, or have un-lived fantasies….stop waiting for tomorrow. Momenti Mori reminds us to live each day as if we won’t have another one. It goes without saying there are responsible ways of opening pandoras box … visiting Fetlife and making some like-minded new friends for one.