There's a Latin phrase pronounced Amor Fatih.

It's one of the more powerful ideas I've come across.

Its translation means love of fate.

It implies everything that happens is good, or at the very least necessary.

And I think we need that reminder from time to time. Because, funny enough, it is one of the

first sentiments to leave us when we're in trouble, when we're down or lost, the

idea that everything has its value. And sure we don't always understand it in the moment

or when we're fighting through it, but that circumstance or even tragedy, and the great play of life has a crucial role.

Someone recently sent me a beautiful clip from Stephen Colbert interview.

I want to dive in, but there's a caveat. I ask that you listen to this in a

vacuum. For our purposes, I'm not going to be the Stephen Colbert who mocks half the country

on live TV every night. This is the wise Stephen Colbert with a lot of value to add because he can be both.

To frame the interview, he's sitting across from Anderson Cooper,

and Anderson's asking him about something he said a while back.

Anderson reads the quote,

I've learned to love the things I'd most wished had not happened.

What punishments of God are not gifts?

Anderson then looks up from the paper, looks over at Stephen, and asks,

do you really believe that?

To which Stephen responds, yes.

It's a gift to exist, and with existence comes suffering.

There's no escaping that.

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