The Good Luck of Your Bad Luck: Marcus Aurelius on the Stoic Strategy for Weathering Life’s Waves and Turning Suffering into Strength
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The Good Luck of Your Bad Luck: Marcus Aurelius on the Stoic Strategy for Weathering Life’s Waves and Turning Suffering into Strength

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Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me.
At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to
him of what he called "the love of your fate."
Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens,
you say, "This is what I need." It may look like a
wreck, but go at it as though it were an
opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that
moment--not
... See moreIf you just say that Cormac McCarthy line "you never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from" a couple of times per week you'll feel better.