Dear friend,
I didn’t come up with the title above.
It’s Viktor Frankl, from his book Man’s Search for Meaning.
A book that left a permanent mark on me, and one I always recommend to everyone.
Frankl, a Holocaust survivor, wrote that our main task in life is to find meaning.
And that if we tie our “why” to something meaningful, any “how” becomes bearable.
Lately, I’ve been sitting with this.
Some of my friends are struggling.
And my social feeds, like yours, probably, are full of people suffering, all around the world.
Suffering is inevitable.
We resist it, of course. But when it comes, we only have one real choice:
To accept it.
This reminds me of another grounding principle in my life, one that comes from Stoicism: the idea of amor fati – to not only accept what life throws at you, but to love it.
To say: This is mine. This is part of my path.
I truly believe these ideas aren’t just abstract concepts.
They’re anchors. The kind that hold us steady when life gets heavy, and guide us toward a more grounded, meaningful life.
And so, dear friend, if you’re in a hard moment right now,
go back to your why. Let it rise.
Let it remind you of what’s worth enduring for.
Don’t let your reason hide under the rubble.
You owe it to yourself to let your why shine through.
One Line to Carry With You:
You don’t have to enjoy the “how.” Just remember the “why.”
Truly yours, this moment.
Armando