How To Get Through Life's Most Difficult Situations | Amor Fati

If it happened, then it was meant to happen.

The great German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche would describe his formula for human greatness as amor fati—a love of fate. “That one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backwards, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal it….but love it.”

The Stoics were not only familiar with this attitude but they embraced it. Two thousand years ago, writing in his own personal journal which would become known as Meditations, Emperor Marcus Aurelius would say: “A blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.” Another Stoic, Epictetus, who as a crippled slave has faced adversity after adversity, echoed the same: “Do not seek for things to happen the way you want them to; rather, wish that what happens happen the way it happens: then you will be happy.”

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[karenfinneganart]

I never knew there was a word for it. I had an extremely challenging childhood, my father suicided, my mother was diagnosed as a psychopath, I was deemed an abused and neglected child. I see this as the building blocks for my vocation. After therapy I became an mental health worker but not a clinician, I used peoples gifts, talents and walked beside them. My daughter died at 27 of ovarian cancer and suddenly I found people attracted to me who were struggling with grief. I am retired now, medically after a fall but I discovered my late daughters art supplies and now I am an artist. So this is called Amor Fati. Thank you

[mikephotos]

Many years ago, I heard Amor Fati put this way. "If someday, you will look back on this and laugh, you may as well skip ahead and laugh about it now."

[maximelagace]

As Friedrich Nietzsche said: "Love your fate, which is in fact your life." 🔥🔥

[aminajalabi]

As a mother of an autistic child, I learned how to use this life changing experience not only to accept the challenge but to use it to learn more about disability and educate others about it🌻

[bbwalls]

Thank you. My husband had a life changing fall last week and I’m watching this just before going to visit. It gives me strength.

[BaseJok-vhdp]

"We can control how we respond". I needed that.

[EddieJazzFan]

My dad used to always say, "Things that you can't change are unchangeable" I always though it was a weird saying, but it does make sense.

[hushingsilence]

"Once my house burned down, I see the moon more clearly" Love your channel. The Stoics were brilliant minds.

[shpho]

I am already learning to respond to negative things with "Okay.", "That's okay." This little practice gave me inner peace.

[recuerdos]

Growing up with no parents, I finished graduate school. Divorced and as a single mother of twin boys, now they both in the pHD programs going to be some great scientists… my life has always seemed like tragedy in one side but glory in other side because I m still surviving fine

[nickydietrich]

The presumption is that where we are now is a good place. I started with intense emotional abuse. Now I am 50. I live in abject poverty on my own with very little family and friends. I am not abused any more because I worked hard to overcome the ways that I was taught to be. I live in a caravan on a farm. The farm is not mine but it is beautiful and peaceful. I live with my cat and my dog. I have started an online tutoring business and it has been successful so far. It's not much. I don't know if I'd be happy to have suffered so much, but I have to say I do love working for myself, and I do experience peace and joy and even elation on a daily basis from very small things. Is that what you mean by you wouldn't be the person you are today. It seems such a tiny achievement. :)

[imkansaglansin]

I don't know where to start but I can say I was terribly depressed 2-3 years ago. I was overweight and hopeless, I was constantly angry. I saw your posts one day and I was curious about what you had to say. Thanks to great Stoics from the past and your efforts, I'm getting better at discipline and controlling my emotions. I'm an amateur powerlifting athlete now and I remember what Marcus Aurelius said about waking up in the morning everyday. Thank you Ryan!

[ETS]

"The problem is not a problem, the problem is your attitude about the problem" - Jack Sparrow

[stuntcellist]

I’m dealing with an autoimmune disease that has no cure and very few treatments. I’ve been struggling with the idea of my own body “fighting” me. But this disease is killing me. So I am working on keeping my mind, body, and spirit at peace with one another. I don’t want a war. Thank you, this is the right message at the right time. 🙏

[Tzippi]

It’s been a little over a month since I’ve been reading works from the Stoics, listing to Ryan’s vids, writing in his journal, and I can say I’m the happiest I’ve been probably since I was an innocent child. If you have not read Meditations, pick up two copies. One to read and take notes in, and the other to pass along to someone.

[andrewz]

"What you throw in front of a fire is fuel for the fire." - My favorite phrase from this video.

[wyominghome]

I cannot think of a better example of this than columnist/commentator Charles Krauthammer, who was a tall, athletic, great looking college kid planning on going to medical school when he dove into a pool, broke his neck and ended up paralyzed from the chest down. He so accepted what had happened to him that mental health counselors told him he was "in denial, " but he created a life that was on every level hugely successful. What an inspiration.

[Antonio-kiyw]

As soon as I learned about amor fati, I got it tattooed on my chest. Constant reminder to accept whatever life throws at you

[avajones]

Amor Fati’s potential is limitless. I achieved success with the easy steps below.

[dankadesign]

The acceptance of life circumstances I learned from my grandparents-hard life, wars (ww1 and ww2 ) hunger and they were still content .calm .disciplined with common sense and knowledge to resolve everyday hardships.Never ever heard from them negative word about Life ...when you are in hell keep walking.