PAWS FOR THOUGHT Volume 1 / January Issue Topic: Love It All by: AD - Cole Cooper There are many ways champions set themselves apart, but none may be more important or more powerful than how they see the challenge and adversity that accompany their winning pursuit. It’s easy of course for any of us to be our best when things go according to plan, but real, meaningful achievement - in sports and in life - almost always requires us to navigate some detours and roadblocks along the way. It’s here in these moments that we see what separates the very best from everyone else. Champions don’t just tolerate whatever comes. They embrace it. They use it. They love it all - even the hard stuff. This winning mindset originated from a Stoic philosophy, an ancient Greek and Roman belief in the latin phrase “Amor fati” - “love of fate” or “love what happens.” The Stoic perspective was simple, that everything in life - even the challenge and adversity - has something valuable and im...