Frankl: Life is meaningful at any time.

Victor frankl is a miracle of the 20th century.

During the Nazi Holocaust that swept across Europe, as a Jew, he was put into Auschwitz concentration camp, which was once called the "death factory".

Fortunately, frankl survived and became a "survivor" in the Bible.

In the second year of his rebirth, frankl wrote a work of faith, which encouraged millions of readers and lived out the meaning of life.

He described how he relied on his inner strength to resist extreme pain in the concentration camp and finally survived.

The book also introduces the method of logotherapy initiated by him as a psychologist and professor of psychiatry: encouraging patients with potential significance to complete it, and guiding them to live better by knowing why they are alive.

Whether you are unlucky, lost in confusion and nothingness, or just living an ordinary life, I believe you can learn enough power to touch your soul and even change your destiny from frankl's The Meaning of Living.

0 1 people finally decide what kind of person they become.

Emerson said, "You are destined to be what you decide to be."

Before the disaster, frankl had a chance to escape-1942, and he received a notice to apply for an immigrant visa at the American consulate in Vienna.

Although clearly aware that staying in Austria is very likely to be sent to a concentration camp, but it means safety and can continue his career, frankl decided to give up leaving.

Because he can't let his parents face the bad luck of waiting to be sent to a concentration camp alone.

Although frankl failed to help his parents (and his wife and brother) survive in the end, he decided to accompany them in adversity, which at least made them feel more warm and comforted when their tragic fate came. ?

In the concentration camp, all prisoners have no names, only one number. Frankl's number is 1 19 104.

All these figures are being treated with terror and inhumanity all the time, and are undergoing a cruel survival test.

Even so, frankl always tries his best to keep his inner freedom as a person, not just a number.

He voluntarily chose to take care of typhoid patients because he believed that "it is more meaningful to die to help his cellmate than to consume his life as a useless worker".

He had a chance to escape, but decided to give up because of the sad eyes of a seriously ill compatriot, and then stayed with him to comfort him as much as possible.

One day, a starving prisoner stole potatoes. Many people know who he is. But when the person in charge asked everyone to hand over the man, or they would not be given food for a day, everyone including frankl didn't betray his cellmate, even though he was hungry.

On that night when everyone was depressed, although frankl was also trapped by hunger, cold, irritability and fatigue, he still persisted in his efforts and used his professional ability to conduct psychotherapy for his prisoners, encouraging everyone to "what didn't kill me will only make me stronger."

Even in an environment like a concentration camp, there are still some guards who can be kind to prisoners. Some prisoners are more cruel to their cellmates than prison guards.

Others remember that they went door to door to comfort others and gave their last piece of bread to others.

All these fully prove the views expressed by frankl in the book-

People will consciously choose their own actions under any circumstances, even in such a horrible situation as concentration camps.

? Never give up your desire for the future.

Some people who are very successful in the workplace will be depressed once they retire. Because they have no other goals in life except work, and they don't know why they are alive.

Some people are very ill, and although they are in pain, they are still struggling with the disease. Because they want to live, go further with their loved ones, and realize their unfulfilled wishes.

In a harsh environment like a concentration camp, people who lose confidence in the future often give up their lives on their own initiative.

Frankl's cellmate, an underage composer and ci writers, heard a voice in her dream that 1945 could be liberated on March 30th.

This dream gave him great courage. As a result, March 30 arrived, but the dream did not come true. Despair led to a sharp decline in his immunity, and he died of latent typhoid fever the next day.

The survey shows that the death rate in concentration camps is the highest from Christmas 1944 to Christmas 1945. The reason is not food shortage or cold, but many people naively think that they can go home before Christmas. When their wishes failed, they lost the courage to live.

There are still many people who no longer have any hope for life. They refuse to dress and wash themselves, refuse to do anything that will help them recover after illness, make themselves physically and mentally collapse, and even commit suicide.

Frankl survived in the concentration camp because of many factors, such as luck and help from others. At the same time, it is also very important that even if there is no hope in reality, he still has a strong desire for the future.

At least within the scope of the environment, this desire gave him more strength to live.

He misses his wife all the time. When he slipped in the snow and got up again, when he was growled, scolded and whipped by the guards, his thoughts were talking to his wife.

He is eager to see his wife one day.

He is always thinking about his research topic. When he was extremely weak, in order to avoid coma, he re-conceived the manuscript that had been lost for a long time in the concentration camp in his mind and wrote notes on the paper.

He is looking forward to finishing his work again one day and being able to stand on a bright and warm podium and teach psychology in a concentration camp.

All these gave him a powerful reason to live and helped him get rid of the situation and suffering at that time.

As he wrote in the book: "The uniqueness of human beings is that only people can focus on the future. In times of extreme difficulty, this is his way of redemption. " ?

? Life is meaningful at any time.

In a positive and beautiful life situation, people can often feel the meaning of life more easily through creation and enjoyment.

But when suffering and bad luck come, how should we face it?

Writer Shi Tiesheng, 2 1 year-old paraplegic, failed to accept this meaningless fate and attempted suicide three times.

However, through thinking and writing, he finally walked through the most fragile gap in his life and lived a look worthy of vigilance and respect from all disabled and healthy people. He said: "Human life is like this string. You can't play well until you tighten it. It is enough to have a good time. "

One of frankl's patients, her son 1 1 died, leaving her and another disabled son who could not leave a wheelchair.

In desperation, she tried to commit suicide with her disabled son. But the son said he still wanted to live.

The mother suddenly realized that no matter what, she had a responsibility to help her son live as happily as possible.

At that moment, she realized that she had been trying to love her two children despite the misfortune. This is the meaning of her life. This is irreplaceable by anyone else.

The Meaning of Living Life also tells the story of a terminally ill young man whose life is coming to an end.

In a letter to a friend, he wrote that he had seen a movie in which the hero faced death bravely and with dignity.

He thinks this attitude towards death is an extraordinary achievement, and now fate has given him the same opportunity.

In a concentration camp where there is no hope of survival, whether you endure hardship strongly or give up and wither silently means not only whether you have more opportunities to get out of prison, but also whether you can always maintain the dignity of your life.

Some people give up on themselves and become walking dead.

Some people lose their bottom line and become animals in order to survive.

But some people, no matter how hopeless the situation is, no matter how long life can last, always insist on courage, self-esteem and selflessness.

They hope that their friends, relatives and others, living and dead, and even God, can see that they are proud, instead of facing bad luck tragically and facing death with dignity.

This is not only a choice, but also a responsibility for one's life.

If suffering can be avoided, we hope it will never appear.

On the contrary, we can at least decide for ourselves what attitude to take towards suffering.

And when we bravely shoulder the cross of fate, it gives life a deeper and more unique meaning.

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Romain rolland said: "There is only one kind of heroism in the world, and that is to love life after seeing the truth of life."

For most people, it may not be the nightmare experience of frankl in a concentration camp.

But ordinary life is still full of twists and turns.

For many people, years are never calm, anxious or normal.

Even if there is nothing missing in life, some people will fall into nothingness and decadence.

Frank used "living the meaning of life" to tell us-

Although there are always tragic factors in life, as long as we choose to love, desire, take responsibility and bravely accept the challenge of bad luck, we will certainly find the unique meaning of our life.

And all our choices also determine how we spend our limited life and what kind of person we become. ?

Note: All pictures in this article are provided by Yi Ming.