The obstacle is the way5/11/2023 In rationally confronting whatever stands in your way, you will find the solution that lets you continue.įor a pithy translation of 'the obstacle is the way,' I have seen 'ex impedimento via' suggested. The idea: there is no single fixed path to achieve anything believing so only causes pain. The impediment to action advances action. The mind adapts and converts to its own purposes the obstacle to our acting. Our actions may be impeded by them, but there can be no impeding our intentions or our dispositions. But when they obstruct our proper tasks, they become irrelevant to us - like sun, wind, animals. Our job is to do them good and put up with them. And there’s an exciting piece of news about it that I’ve kept secret until now: Tim Ferriss is publishing it. Tim Ferriss For the many of you who asked, I can now proudly announce that the audiobook edition of The Obstacle Is The Way is now available. (No original Latin as Aurelius wrote in Greek.)įor context, the full quote is "In a sense, people are our proper occupation. Over the last 14 days, I have carried one book in my backpack to cope, all day and every day: The Obstacle Is The Way. I'm looking for a short and modern translation of this quote from Aurelius' Meditations Book 5.
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