Dear Andromeda:

Man’s Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl about his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War 2, a place of much suffering.

(Wikipedia): “Frankl observed that among the fellow inmates in the concentration camp, those who survived were able to connect with a purpose in life to feel positive about, and then immersed themselves in imagining that purpose such as conversing with an (imagined) loved one…. Man’s Search for Meaning belongs to a list of ‘the ten most influential books in the United States.’ At the time of the author’s death in 1997, the book had sold over 10 million copies and had been translated into 24 languages”. (I boldfaced the above).<sup id=”cite_ref-InstituteVienna_3-0″ class=”reference”></sup>

Here are a few quotes from the book: “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“Man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.”

“Those who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.”

“For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself”.

“In some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.”

“For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth – that Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire… The salvation of man is through love and in love.”

The title of your thread is “Am I at the end of my journey?“- perhaps you are at the end of one journey, but at the beginning of a different journey, a journey of… (you choose it, you live it)!

I hope to read from you again.

anita