Viktor Frankl: Logotherapy
Inspired by: Viktor Frankl
From: Man's Search for Meaning
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"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 questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible."
~ Viktor Frankl from Man's Search for Meaning
Vicktor Frankl, after surviving the Nazi concentration camps of WW II, created what he called Logotherapy which “. . . considers man as a being whose main concern consists in fulfilling a meaning and in actualizing values, rather than in the mere gratification and satisfaction of drives and instincts."
More wisdom on living with meaning in our lives:
"The meaning of our existence is not invented by ourselves, but rather detected."
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life -- daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual."
Inspired by: Viktor Frankl
From: Man's Search for Meaning
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