In Frankl’s information piece on “tragic optimism,” he describes how tragic optimism takes place in a person’s everyday life. He believes that there is a negative and a positive connotation to optimism, meaning that along with the praise comes the struggle. Tragic optimism contributes to the human existence in a “tragic triad” according to Frankl. The triad consists of pain, guilt, and death, all things that occur in everyone’s lives. Frankl informs readers that in order to be optimistic about your future you must think of the struggles you might have to face in the future. Therefore, when people think of their future after college in their chosen profession they don’t think of the pain and guilt that relationships with others can cause.
