Recently, I befriended a guy who accidentally sends me emails. He was a christian. And.. he told me lots and lots about life and reality. Unlike others, God's preachings did not come and go in a forceful way. Somehow, I feel more exposed.
He wrote this:
"Can our freedom to choose our attitude be taken away?
It is an amazing and fascinating book by a man, Viktor E Frankl, who lost his parents, brother and wife through the brutal cruelties of the Nazi torturers and exterminators and who was deprived of everything except an almost meaningless existence. As a long-time prisoner in the various concentration camps, he found himself stripped to bare existence. Every possession was lost, every value destroyed. Experiencing hunger, pain and brutality and every hour expecting extermination, Viktor Frankl found life still worth preserving. What he says is worth listening to as it focuses on the deepest of human problems.
The book was first published in 1946.The passages below are taken from the book “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E Frankl."
He mentioned about human liberty, humanity, mental reactions of the inmate beings and as such.
The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity - even under the most difficult circumstances - to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish.
Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal. Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.
When the impossibility of replacing a person is realised, it allows the responsibility which a man has for his existence and its continuance to appear in all its magnitude. A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life.
He knows the why for his existence, and will be able to bear almost anyhow..
Words speak for themselves, in this case. There's still tons that I ought to learn from. I'm glad I have at least more than 1 friend with me to continue walking. I know what I must do, really. And.. it's time for me to pack my things, again.
Woohoohoo!
He wrote this:
"Can our freedom to choose our attitude be taken away?
It is an amazing and fascinating book by a man, Viktor E Frankl, who lost his parents, brother and wife through the brutal cruelties of the Nazi torturers and exterminators and who was deprived of everything except an almost meaningless existence. As a long-time prisoner in the various concentration camps, he found himself stripped to bare existence. Every possession was lost, every value destroyed. Experiencing hunger, pain and brutality and every hour expecting extermination, Viktor Frankl found life still worth preserving. What he says is worth listening to as it focuses on the deepest of human problems.
The book was first published in 1946.The passages below are taken from the book “Man’s Search for Meaning” by Viktor E Frankl."
He mentioned about human liberty, humanity, mental reactions of the inmate beings and as such.
The way in which a man accepts his fate and all the suffering it entails, the way in which he takes up his cross, gives him ample opportunity - even under the most difficult circumstances - to add a deeper meaning to his life. It may remain brave, dignified and unselfish.
Or in the bitter fight for self-preservation he may forget his human dignity and become no more than an animal. Here lies the chance for a man either to make use of or to forgo the opportunities of attaining the moral values that a difficult situation may afford him. And this decides whether he is worthy of his sufferings or not.
When the impossibility of replacing a person is realised, it allows the responsibility which a man has for his existence and its continuance to appear in all its magnitude. A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life.
He knows the why for his existence, and will be able to bear almost anyhow..
Words speak for themselves, in this case. There's still tons that I ought to learn from. I'm glad I have at least more than 1 friend with me to continue walking. I know what I must do, really. And.. it's time for me to pack my things, again.
Woohoohoo!
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