![]() ![]() When it counts is when you find out your infant son might have an illness that will debilitate him and ultimately kill him before he sees his twentieth birthday. As with any important lesson, it is best to learn, practice, and rehearse before you absolutely need it. These three steps provide us a roadmap for dealing with adversity. This process took on the same three steps that Holiday outlines in The Obstacle is the Way : ![]() Through a process of multiple struggles and adverse situations, you can discipline yourself to see that you truly control my thoughts and actions. He describes perception as “how we see and understand what occurs around us – and what we decide those events will mean.” In, The Obstacle is the Way, author Ryan Holiday proposes we develop the discipline of perception. It is always the doing that makes them more complicated than the learning. ![]() The principles are so simple, but so difficult. “Great choice,” he replied with a knowing smile. It’s just a reminder to myself and really isn’t meant for anybody other than me.” “Upside down?” he responded looking at me with that face my puppy makes when he hears something unfamiliar. When I went to have it done, after a full year of consideration, the tattoo artist asked me which direction I’d like to have it face. I have “ AMOR FATI” tattooed on the inside of my right forearm. ![]()
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