Amor Fati

Amor fati, Nietzsche's words not just of acceptance, but of a deeper love for one's fate, a love of where we find ourselves now and every moment after, regardless of circumstance and setting. This may seem a difficult practice for us, perhaps an impossible task for many. Yet Nietzsche isn't asking anything of us that isn't already occurring, nothing that life itself hasn't already accomplished. Our fate is sealed this very moment, and too it's dynamic and changing all the time. It's where we find ourselves, here, with whatever's present, and our only role is simply...

to love ourselves now, 

and through every following moment.

amor fati.

this acceptance is an active affair, not passive in its recognition of what's present, but fully expecting our own participation in changing situations. Life flows with an allowing grace, constant, and with never once pausing to alter our involvement. Everything is immediately accepted, fate captured as a moment, and then continued on. We belong to this flow immersed, and all without consideration of our own readiness to receive whatever course it follows. That's our struggle, our forgetfulness of life and our inclusion, a somehow belief that what this moment holds is wrong and that we really don't belong here. 

we struggle with acceptance.

and to this we offer love -we're not asked for anything beyond tenderness, to not add our own harsh view to this struggle, we're asked for nothing more than to give ourselves to this acceptance even as we seek to change the circumstances of this moment. 

we're asked to simply be.

amor fati.

to love ourselves through whatever life may offer. 

our fate is always, only, 

love. 

~

Peace, Eric