Amor Fati

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"Love the fate."


I've been reading a lot of Stoic philosophy lately, and one of the latin quotes that has stuck out to me recently is "Amor Fati" which translates to "love the fate" or the love of one's fate. 


      The meaning of this phrase comes down to loving whatever life gives you, both the good and the bad, and deeming suffering as a necessary process that you must go through in order to achieve some unforseen and maybe misunderstood benefit or achievement. 


     Amor Fati takes the view towards suffering and whatever hand has been dealt you that you should look at suffering as something good, or at least necessary, in order to achieve a greater freedom or greater purpose. Suffering becomes something of a positive, something even of value, when fate is considered and the trajectory towards eternity, infinite liberty, and infinite purpose is considered. 


Another term that is pretty synonymous with this concept is the more down to earth phrase "embrace the suck." Learning to embrace the value and teaching pain and suffering can give you helps you navigate it better and reduces its sting a little bit. Learning to truly love suffering, and every other aspect of the hand you are dealt, makes your life fulfilling and turns your pain into a positivity. 


 Many philosophers and thinkers knew that suffering is the best teacher. The best lessons a person can learn comes from adversity and trial. These things condition us, refine us, and mold us into a better and more well rounded and dynamic person. Suffering can either correct weakness or destroy someone through their weakness. It depends on the content of a person's determination and who or what is administering the adversity. 


Even so, if you embrace trials, challenges, suffering, and pain, or even learn to love them, it makes your chances of overcoming and beating such things all the more easier because despair doesn't get a solid opportunity to set in. 

 


Loving your fate and truly embracing the cards you are dealt beats the weapon of shame or disappointment that an enemy can beat you down with. 


For me, I am grateful that God allowed me to exist, and I am grateful He gave me a very challenging hand. My cards, though difficult and unfortunate, tell a hell of a story, and I'm grateful to God for giving me the strength to survive more story and the strength to tell it. Loving my suffering is hard. It would be hard for anybody, but I am a better, stronger, and smarter person because of what I've dealt with.


Loving the fate, Amor Fati, is easier when you have the hope and strength of Jesus Christ living in you.   Hope makes loving fate more bearable.

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