Ad Hoc #6. To Embrace your Fate

 Joseph Campbell (1904-1987) on loving your fate:

"Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called "the love of your fate."

Whatever your fate is, whatever the hell happens, you say, "This is what I need." It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment - not discouragement - you will find the strength is there. Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. What a privilege!

Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures followed by wreckage were the incidents that shaped the life you have now. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes."

 

It's bejahung of one's fate & love that like YES!.

P.S. I wrote about this subject before in: 'Y..E.S' (2018) and 'Unimpressed' (2023).

P.P.S. Quote from Diane K. Osbon (selection and edited), 'A Joseph Campbell Companion: Reflections on the Art of Living' (1991).

Ad Hoc #5. Questo Sole Accende Sul Mio Volto

 

Song (1970): here.

Ad Hoc #4. O Fim da Tarde

E a alma é a terra de um morro
É luz antiga o fim da tarde
Essa saudade sem socorro
Nos salve do fim

P.S. Song 'Luz Antiga' is from Ana Cañas.

P.P.S. Enjoy your summer holiday.

Ad Hoc #3. Hut 8

Last week I was in Oxford and Bletchley Park for a "business trip". What a beautiful city is Oxford. And how inspiring is the Park where the Allieds broke the German cipher machines. 

Ad Hoc #2. Be Kinder

 

P.S. Painting is from Ellen Davidson, 'Hollandse Zomer' (2021).

Ad Hoc #1. Not Even a Little Bit

Yesterday evening I watched a movie instead of reading a book. The American teen romantic comedy '10 Things I Hate About You' (1999). The movie was a bit over the top for my taste but all in all: lovely.

I loved it when Kat read her poem:

P.S. Source of the poem: script TEN THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU written by Karen McCullah Lutz & Kirsten Smith (Revision November 12, 1997) based on 'Taming of the Shrew" by William Shakespeare: here.

P.P.S. Spring has arrived. The trees, bushes and hedges are slowly turning green again.