Usually, one day in a century rises above the others as an accepted turning point or historic milestone. It becomes the climactic day, or 'the day,' of that century.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Most people's historical perspective begins with the day of their birth.
I think how you start the day many times determines what kind of day you're going to have.
The first of April is the day we remember what we are the other 364 days of the year.
If you represent the Earth's lifetime by a single year, say from January when it was made to December, the 21st-century would be a quarter of a second in June - a tiny fraction of the year. But even in this concertinaed cosmic perspective, our century is very, very special: the first when humans can change themselves and their home planet.
My preference is that, that day when someone sticks a tripod in front of you with a camera on the top, it is not day one.
The day of the sun is like the day of a king. It is a promenade in the morning, a sitting on the throne at noon, a pageant in the evening.
Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols.
Dates that come around every year help us measure progress in our lives. One annual event, New Year's Day, is a time of reflection and resolution.
Without a song, each day would be a century.
The one thing we know about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.
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