Fruit Salad

Today is James Clear email day and I am doing something I have never done before.  Including everything in the email.  I am doing it as it feels everything is good advice to me.
Ok the use of the word fate in the last quote seems a bit fixed, as I feel at liberty to make choices.  I may not understand the mechanics of having a free will set against everything being pre-determined, but that does not stop me feeling I am at liberty to make choices.
It can be for me that it becomes too easy not to see the wood for the trees.  I cannot dispute compromising character is a slippery road, or the value of pursuing what is natural, or the value of training hard.  Nor can I dispute the existence and value of both good and bad news.  Nor do I want to dispute the last quote which talks about fate and the value of ever experience.  I have been big on finding good in bad.  Others ay it better than I but to me it is important as life is made up of both.
"You can lose yourself one small compromise at a time. You can transform yourself one small win at a time."
"You don't have to be good at everything, you just need to double down on what you're naturally suited for."
"Train hard and focus on what you can control."
2 Quotes From Others
Scientist Donella Meadows on being proactive, yet positive:
"There is too much bad news to justify complacency. There is too much good news to justify despair."  Source: Thinking in Systems​​​
Writer and professor Joseph Campbell on loving your fate:
"Nietzsche was the one who did the job for me. At a certain moment in his life, the idea came to him of what he called "the love of your fate."
Whatever your fate is, whatever happens, you say, "This is what I need." It may look like a wreck, but go at it as though it were an opportunity, a challenge. If you bring love to that moment — not discouragement — you will find the strength is there. Any disaster you can survive is an improvement in your character, your stature, and your life. What a privilege!
Then, when looking back at your life, you will see that the moments which seemed to be great failures followed by wreckage were the incidents that shaped the life you have now. The crisis throws you back, and when you are required to exhibit strength, it comes."
Source: Reflections on the Art of Living (edited lightly for clarity), Hat tip to Dylan O'Sullivan.
I like to read and pray to start the day.  I consistently read one source and read others more randomly.  Starting early is good for me but no matter when it happens, a good start is good for me.