Category: Life as code
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Preparing for adversity
I grew up in a world where expecting the worst and working toward the best was a way of life, the way. In this world you would expect nothing and when life delivered nothing you’d be ok with that, life didn’t owe you a dime. That life created resilience and composure, it made me inherently…
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Memento mori
I thought I would meet a cruel, painful end, and while I went through all my tests and mentally prepared for surgery I realised I was fine with it. I didn’t want to die, for who would? But I was OK. I did not fear it, I feared for my loved ones, but I did…
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Amor fati
That one wants nothing to be different, not forward, not backwards, not in all eternity. Not merely bear what is necessary, still less conceal itβ¦.but love it. Friedrich Nietzsche