Amor Fati

The great paradox of life

Lies in the fact that all of us live our lives

As though we were absolutely free,

Unaware of all the ways in which the world

Limits those freedoms at every step.

The seeds are planted,

Our plans are made,

But no one truly knows

What crops life will yield in its time.

 

“Love fate.”

Embrace the obstacles that present themselves

And allow the challenges of life

To become the way to learn how to move forward.

None of us know what will happen,

And we should do our best to influence the world

Towards virtue and righteousness,

But there is no amount of rage or regret

That can make the past different than it was.

 

We are where we are,

And there are no guarantees for where we will go;

All we can do with the day we are given

Is to embrace what is

Then decide what we will try to make happen next.

If what happens is something else,

Nothing is to be gained from hating what is:

Instead, we learn what can be learned

As we endeavor to roll the rock back uphill.