Victor Frankl, is psychiatrist and the founder of logotheraphy ,as well as a survivor of World War II concentration camps. Before being sentenced to the harsh work camps as a prisoner of war, Victor had worked as a psychologist. Victor found himself a midst of war of both physical freedom and mental freedom.
Summary of the book
Victor Frankl’s, “Man’s Search for Meaning” is an autobiographical book that explains the inside life of a concentration camp prisoner. Frankl’s book was not aimed towards explaining the great horror that books about concentration camps had already explained many times before, but was aiming towards explaining the thoughts that had reflected upon the daily life experiences of a prisoner. Frankl
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Personally this year has been a run of trial and error after error after error. There has been three times where I had found myself completely lost, willing to give up on myself, contemplating suicide. As stated by the author, Frankl's journey through concentration camp is one that could only be understood by those who had survived and endured World War 2. Through the harsh cold winters in Concentration camps, Frankl had managed to keep an optimistic look on life, he managed to find something to look forward to even in such a hopeless situation. Frankl managed to survive through finding a goal with in himself his desire to write his life time work. The idea of living for a certain goal gives hope to those who are likely to have no hope at all. I have gone through many moments in my life where I have felt that my life has no …show more content…
I wasted a lot of time feeling sorry for myself and drowning in pools of self-pity. Though Frankl's book did not mention an exact definition of the meaning of life,(he said it himself there is no exact meaning to life , that it varies by each man and each moment) I have realize that I do have meaning I am not insignificant I am in control of my own life. Maybe I do not know exactly who I am, maybe I am completely going down the wrong path of my life but the point is, that I am choosing a path and not waiting around for someone to take it for me. I’ve wasted time living in fear of the time passing me by, I’ve been scared of time running out but what I fail to realize that sitting in my room being afraid of living is the cause of me wasting my time. When Frankl explained the difference from the pessimistic man and optimistic man I had, in that exact moment reached an understanding for the way life is and meant to be. Frankl mentions that the pessimistic man is one who “ observes with fear” the pages of his calendar running thinner and thinner while the optimistic man has no reason to cling on to his youth in fear for he has “realities in [his] past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved but of sufferings bravely suffered.” This exact section of the book is responsible for opening up my eyes, and it has made me want to open my arm’s to life’s unpredictable realities fearless and willing. I don’t know who I
Summary of the book
Victor Frankl’s, “Man’s Search for Meaning” is an autobiographical book that explains the inside life of a concentration camp prisoner. Frankl’s book was not aimed towards explaining the great horror that books about concentration camps had already explained many times before, but was aiming towards explaining the thoughts that had reflected upon the daily life experiences of a prisoner. Frankl
Discussion of my …show more content…
Personally this year has been a run of trial and error after error after error. There has been three times where I had found myself completely lost, willing to give up on myself, contemplating suicide. As stated by the author, Frankl's journey through concentration camp is one that could only be understood by those who had survived and endured World War 2. Through the harsh cold winters in Concentration camps, Frankl had managed to keep an optimistic look on life, he managed to find something to look forward to even in such a hopeless situation. Frankl managed to survive through finding a goal with in himself his desire to write his life time work. The idea of living for a certain goal gives hope to those who are likely to have no hope at all. I have gone through many moments in my life where I have felt that my life has no …show more content…
I wasted a lot of time feeling sorry for myself and drowning in pools of self-pity. Though Frankl's book did not mention an exact definition of the meaning of life,(he said it himself there is no exact meaning to life , that it varies by each man and each moment) I have realize that I do have meaning I am not insignificant I am in control of my own life. Maybe I do not know exactly who I am, maybe I am completely going down the wrong path of my life but the point is, that I am choosing a path and not waiting around for someone to take it for me. I’ve wasted time living in fear of the time passing me by, I’ve been scared of time running out but what I fail to realize that sitting in my room being afraid of living is the cause of me wasting my time. When Frankl explained the difference from the pessimistic man and optimistic man I had, in that exact moment reached an understanding for the way life is and meant to be. Frankl mentions that the pessimistic man is one who “ observes with fear” the pages of his calendar running thinner and thinner while the optimistic man has no reason to cling on to his youth in fear for he has “realities in [his] past, not only the reality of work done and of love loved but of sufferings bravely suffered.” This exact section of the book is responsible for opening up my eyes, and it has made me want to open my arm’s to life’s unpredictable realities fearless and willing. I don’t know who I