Years ago, during my studies of Psychoanalysis, Psychology and related disciplines, I was priviledged to meet Dr. Frankl. He was on a speaking tour of the United States and came to my home town. It was extremely difficult to get tickets, but I managed to obtain one through a minister friend of mine. After the lecture, Dr. Frankl stayed in the hall to meet people on a personal basis. I talked to him for only five minutes, but will never forget the feel of his handshake; the experience of his presence.
Dr. Frankl was a survivor of the Holocaust. He had spent over three years in a Nazi death camp and lived to tell about it. Having seen the most inhuman conditions possible, he did not lose faith that life had meaning and was worthy of living. It was this faith that guided him through the horrendous ordeal.
The main thing Dr. Frankl taught was life has meaning, and the quote below is a summary of his survival in the worst of conditions.
“…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 E. Frankl, Man’s Search For Meaning
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