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Is it really as simple as loving what happens?
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Is it really as simple as loving what happens?
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German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche's formula for human greatness was "Amor Fati"โa love of fate.
It sounds simple enough but how does it actually work?
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It sounds simple enough but how does it actually work?
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"My formula for greatness in a human being is amor fati:
that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity.
Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it... but love it."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
that one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backward, not in all eternity.
Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it... but love it."
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Marcus Aurelius put it another way
many years before Nietzsche (Meditations 7.57):
โTo love only what happens, what was destined.
No greater harmony.โ
many years before Nietzsche (Meditations 7.57):
โTo love only what happens, what was destined.
No greater harmony.โ
The idea is to fully embrace everything by:
- Searching for the positive even in the worst circumstances
- Taking whatever happens in life and putting it to use
"That's easier said than done."
๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐
- Searching for the positive even in the worst circumstances
- Taking whatever happens in life and putting it to use
"That's easier said than done."
๐ง๐ฟ๐๐ฒ, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐
โIn every moment, in everything that happens, you can look on the bright side of something.
So I used to do that forcibly & then I trained it until it became second nature.โ
- @naval
So I used to do that forcibly & then I trained it until it became second nature.โ
- @naval
To put it another way:
Sometimes you get what you want.
Sometimes you get what you need.
Sometimes you get what you get.
Your job is to find the positive regardless.
Sometimes you get what you want.
Sometimes you get what you need.
Sometimes you get what you get.
Your job is to find the positive regardless.
"But surely it's impossible to find good in every bad situation?"
Maybe, but how can you ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ something good?
Maybe, but how can you ๐๐๐ฟ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ผ something good?
"When things are going bad: Donโt get all bummed out, donโt get frustrated. No.
Just look at the issue and say: โGood.โ
Accept reality, but focus on the solution.
Take that issue, take that setback, take that problem, and turn it into something good."
- @jockowillink
Just look at the issue and say: โGood.โ
Accept reality, but focus on the solution.
Take that issue, take that setback, take that problem, and turn it into something good."
- @jockowillink
You can also apply this love of what happens to yourself.
@TaraBrach calls it "Radical Acceptance":
"Clearly recognizing what we are feeling in the present moment and regarding that experience with compassion."
Accept and love the fact that you are not your thoughts ๐
@TaraBrach calls it "Radical Acceptance":
"Clearly recognizing what we are feeling in the present moment and regarding that experience with compassion."
Accept and love the fact that you are not your thoughts ๐
Finally, when finding the positive and choosing what to act on, remember to focus on what is within your control:
Affect what you can.
Accept what you can't.
Affect what you can.
Accept what you can't.
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