Viktor Frankl in his book Man’s Search for Meaning tells of his experiences and the horrendous conditions as a prisoner in a concentration camp. In this book, he describes his method of finding a reason to live.
Read the following quotes from Man’s Search for Meaning:
- Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.
- When we are no longer able to change a situation – we are challenged to change ourselves.
- Between stimulus and response is the freedom to choose.
- We must never forget that we may also find meaning in life even when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed. For what then matters is to bear witness to the uniquely human potential at its best, which is to transform a personal tragedy into a triumph, to turn one’s predicament into a human achievement.
- Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is ques- tioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible.
Ask yourself?
- Do any of these quotes resonate with you?
- If “YES” how?
