 Photo by Pop & Zebra on Unsplash My last post was about some masterpieces from my humble stack of books. If you haven't read it yet, just click here. All of them have changed something inside me, the way I perceive life and especially how I react to situations that unfold in front of me. But one of them in particular went a little further and caused a shift in my mind. Man`s Search For Meaning. This book was written in 1946 by Viktor Frankl, an Austrian neurologist and holocaust survivor, and it met my own quest for meaning. As I put myself in his shoes, trying to feel some of what might have been his pain during the World War II, I realize that there isn't enough empathy capable of doing so. But each one of us know the pain and the delight of being who we are. Our own pain always seems to be the greatest of all. Our ego is often identified with pain, which becomes suffering and leaves deep marks on the soul. So I spent the entire book wondering: how can a prisoner of a concentration camp be grateful for what life is giving him?
One of the most striking passages for me is about the response time we have to respond to a stimulus. Hard people and situations will always arise and the secret to a happy life is how we respond to these situations. It sounds simple in theory, but in practice it is complex. Therefore, I highly recommend reading this book so that we are increasingly aware that everything is a matter of perspective.
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