Man's Search Of Meaning by Viktor Frankl

Today, while heading to the office. I was sad to reach the end of page of Viktor Frankl's book, Man's in Search of meaning.

You could claim that you are lucky having been born after the second world war, wherein the Nazi's euthanasia are spreadly being upheld in the European countries. Those nearby the borders of Germany have been greatly inflicted and the unfortunate Jews during its time. Profoundly, it emerged to know Viktor who have rose inspite of tremendous suffering a person could ever have. This book explain how can a person still grasp life, how oneself search meaning in the most dredging environment.

That although this unimaginable experiences are being overthrown to those war prisoners, they have the freedom to preserve and show their choice of action. Choice of attitude toward the treatment they suffer.

To make use of it (pain) as pleasure to be human. 

The experiences of camp life
show that man does have a choice of action.... Man can preserve a vestige of spiritual freedom, of independence of mind, even in such terrible conditions of psychic and physical stress"

The every physical thing can be taken to a man but not the option to one's attitude.

.... (Its a) proof that everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

Viktor held captive for 3 years in the concentration camp in Aushwvitz. Its a battle of life and death to get through a day. They grew thinner, as if they are already dead man breathing plain air. Fed a pinch of bread and a cup of soup, there was no toothbrush, sanitary even their clothes takes half to a year count before it could be replaced by similarly worn out rag. 

Each day they are being awaken at 5am to do a slave work. All that is not willing to follow nor show a weakling state will be send directly to gas chamber. He see the state of people, his comrades. How they look forward to the past and future to get salvation that all that is happening will all cease. 

They took happiness by the scenery, the breathaking sunrise, the images of their wives and the people that is very dear to them.

With this experiences, Dr. Viktor, introduces the third school of Viennese school of Psychology-- Logotheraphy.

Logotherapy is....

focuses on the meaning of human existence as well as on man's
search for such a meaning. 

According to logotherapy, this striving to find a meaning in one's life is the primary motivational force in man. "

I would recommend this book to those who are lacking in meaning. Deepness of though for standing with life and looking forward to your purpose of what you can do with your time. The hope of positive future.