Amor fati: to love your fate
Not merely to bear what is necessary, but to love it.
called amor fati the love of fate: not to endure what happens with gritted teeth, but to will that nothing had been otherwise, down to the smallest setback. It is not a routine to run but a disposition to cultivate: before what is already here and cannot be undone, you stop wishing it away and take it into your life as a part of yourself. The « if only » rumination dies down, and the energy it consumed returns to the present action.
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- Relation to desire · Affirmation
Source: Nietzsche