Amor
fati (love of fate) is characterized by an acceptance of
the events or situations that occur in your life, such as
treating each moment, no matter how challenging as something to
be embraced, not avoided. It allows a person embrace it, love
it, be better for it, and provides a sense of contentment with
one's life and an acceptance of it. Like oxygen to a fire,
obstacles and adversity become fuel for your potential.
We do not control most of what happens in life, but we do
control what our reaction is to those events. What we tell
ourselves they mean to us and how we will integrate them into
our lives. On one hand, we are powerless, but on the other we
are empowered. Most of what happens is outside of our control,
but we have the power of being able to love, embrace, accept,
and make the most of what does happen. Doing it with a smile is
an extra bonus.
Bottom line, life is
good if you choose to make it so.