Hello friends, and welcome.

I hope you are doing well today. Everything is good over here. Of course, there have been a few hiccups in my day. But I trust and believe those things are for the best.

I thought I would share some encouragement from Marcus Aurelius today.

“It’s unfortunate that this has happened.

No. It’s fortunate that this has happened and I’ve remained unharmed by it – not shattered by the present or frightened of the future. It could have happened to anyone. But not everyone could have remained unharmed by it. Why treat the one as a misfortune rather than the other as fortunate? Can you really call something misfortune that doesn’t violate human nature? Or do you think something that’s not against nature’s will can violate it? But you know what its will is. Does what’s happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforwardness, and all the other qualities that allow a person’s nature to fulfill itself?

So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.”

-Meditations, 49a

If you survived a misfortune, congratulations! To endure it and prevail is a great fortune. You have become a stronger person because of it.

I think this truth applies to all of us. We’ve all survived great hardships. Hardships are a part of life. As strange as it sounds, when they come, we can welcome them knowing that we will learn a needed lesson through them.

I hope you have a great day today, friends. Thank you so much for stopping by!