A leap day is a day the calendar almost didn't give us, an extra square that only comes around once every four years. Seneca might have smiled at that, since he spent his life arguing that every day is borrowed time we tend to take for granted. We treat ordinary days as endless and waste them, then call the rare ones special. But the truth is each one is rare, used once and never returned. Let this leap day remind you of what's true of all of them: it's a gift you didn't have to be given, here for living rather than rushing through. You'll likely not see this exact date again for years. Spend it like it counts, the way every day quietly deserves.

Inspired by the old idea of every day is borrowed time. Written by Ugo Charles.