TFI Japanese

一期一会　(ichi-go ichi-e)
Literally 'one time, one meeting'.
Last week in Sapporo train station I bumped into a friend of mine who has also been in Japan for 3 years and is leaving soon. He had recently had it tattooed on his arm, and explained its meaning and that it originally comes from the tea ceremony. It's also used in martial arts too, meaning, rather than stopping and starting again when you make a mistake, you should keep running with the mistake, because in a real situation, you wouldn't have the chance to stop and start again.
Then, this week a teacher from school wrote this on my leaving card. His English translation was 'Treasure every moment, for it never will recur.'
I love it.