The Stoics had a phrase, amor fati, a love of one's fate. It doesn't mean pretending hard things are good. It means stopping the exhausting fight against what has already arrived. When you accept the day as it actually is, instead of the day you ordered, you stop bleeding energy into resentment and get to spend it on living. Marcus reminded himself that what happens to a person is woven into who they are, like a thread in cloth. You can grieve, you can dislike, and still not waste your strength wishing the morning had gone differently. Today, practice meeting one unwanted thing with a quiet 'all right, this too.'

Inspired by the old idea of amor fati. Written by Ugo Charles.