Today is all about breaking the mold and is the ideal day to drink rum and eat bananas, pudding with coconut rice, and King Cake for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! Live for the little joys in life with this French prayer and with purple and green candles on a cake fit for a king. Give yourself permission to feel happy and alive, even if only for today. As you light the candles on the cake, say:

Elever votre esprit et laissez
les bons temps rouler!
(Lift up your spirits and let
the good times roll.)

Buy your cake from an artisan baker and make a point to go out into a community of artists and performers to show them your support. Enjoy the spirit of live music in an effort to let loose, and allow yourself to dance! There is no better time to enjoy life than at this very moment, fleeting and precious as it is.