How to Find Meaning When All is Lost
Lessons from a Holocaust survivor
It’s easy to add value to your life when everything is going well; if not with your personal life, then your career, hobby, or at the very least your health.
But, what to do when it seems that difficulties surround you from all sides and are insurmountable?
The answer to that may be found in Viktor Frankl’s memoir Man’s Search for Meaning.
Viktor Frankl was a well-known Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist who survived the Holocaust — a crime that will forever be an indelible stain on human history.
Despite the tragedy that befell him and his family, he didn’t give in to despair and sadness.
He believed that there must be a purpose to so much suffering. And, although he didn’t see it at the time, he chose to devote his life to the search for meaning.
Frankl realized that having ideals and something to live for meant keeping a part of his freedom that no one can ever take away from him.
“Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to…
