Starting now, you need to think differently about language than you probably have been. Language is about meaning, not about words.
‘Meaning Units,’ Not Words
Tempus Adest Flóridum
Did you know that the tune for the Victorian-era Christmas song "Good King Wenceslas" is from a much older song, from the Age of Faith (c. 1300s)? And did you know that the words to that original song are all about Spring?
To NOT Know Latin
"But to have had no Latin at all practically means that you do not know the logic or understand the categories of general grammar and those forms of language which are at the same time forms of thought..."
Latin vs. English: The Big Difference
Everybody thinks of Latin as hard to learn. And it is-all languages are. But what sets Latin apart for its difficulty in our minds is not the what--it's the how.
Learn Church Latin 