Amor Fati: Stoicism and The Love of Fate — Orion Philosophy

“Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.”

- Marcus Aurelius

I love writing about Stoicism, the ideas are simple on the surface but the value can be profound. With the territory of a brand like Orion, I feel as though I have a responsibility to dissect these ideas as much as possible to add as much value as possible, and provide you with easy to use, practical philosophy.

The Stoics have left us with a handful of simple, effective ideas for living more fulfilled lives.

One of these Stoic concepts is Amor Fati, which roughly translates as “love of fate”, or “love of one’s fate”.

Amor Fati is the practice of accepting and embracing everything that has happened, is happening, and is yet to happen. It is understanding that the nature of the universe is change, and that without change we would not exist, we would not experience any of this.

Whether change is good, bad, enjoyment, suffering, or loss, it is necessary. Billions of years of constant change has brought us to where we are right now. In that way, we can learn to love fate.