My Purpose Of Life

Through Frankl's view of suicide you can discover his view of human person. Suicide is wrong in all cases, and should not be even considered an option. He believes that all people can find some meaning in life which would prevent them from giving up all hope and ending their lives. Every human life has meaning, and therefore every human life has value. While in a concentration camp serving as a doctor to those who were ill with typhus or other diseases, he encountered two individuals who had given up hope on life. He asked them both to think of something worth living for. One answered that he had a son waiting for him at home, and the other said he was writing a book and wanted to finish it. Frankl helped them find meaning in their lives to hold on to some hope. Just as they did, anyone can find a meaning to live for, whether it be another person or a goal or achievement.

From then on, my changed life continues, and it constantly grows in difficulty. Temptations lurk around every corner, and evil becomes more evident with each passing day. This effects everyone, even Christians. It makes it harder for people to believe that a God so powerful and so loving could let hatred spread to all corners of the globe with such relentlessness. But, God has the whole world in his hands. When in doubt, he constantly reminds me that while life may not always feel the best, it is definitely for the

In Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning we are told a powerful story of a man’s survival through the Holocaust. Frankl struggles to not only keep his body alive, but his spirit as well. Frankl’s main goal is to not only come out alive from the Holocaust but to not let it change him and ultimately defeat or take over his life and change who he truly is. He knows the only way to stay alive is to find some sort of meaning in his life. As we watch him fight to survive during his stay in concentration camps we begin to realize that the only way he is surviving is because he hasn’t forgotten who he still is and the identity that the Nazi’s were trying to take from him. He keeps his personal identity, goals, and morals in mind while

It seems that Frankl arrived in the world at the right time; his purpose was fulfilled by his circumstance. Frankl made sure to recognize everyone’s individual essence, and it was with the onset

Influenced by the Freudian approach and other psychoanalysts like Eduard Hittschmann and Paul Schilder, Viktor Frankl draws ideology and creates his own twist to psychology. Frankl’s Man’s Search for meaning is a well worth reading, and should be required for all understudies of psychology. Frankl’s presents few cerebral ideas in his the thesis that meaning-seeking and self-transcendence express our otherworldly nature and are fundamental for our recuperating and well-being (Frankl, 2006). Also, Frankl identifies three other postulates to complement these ideas; first of which is the anthropological postulate, best summarized as “man does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become in the next moment” (Frankl, 2006); second being psychological, Viktor Frankl describes this as a man’s key motivation is the search for meaning. Meaning making is a specific process for each person and can only be fulfilled by that person if it is to be satisfying (Frankl, 2006); third one being philosophical, which states that life unconditional meaning, regardless of the circumstances or situation: “To live is to suffer, to survive is to

At one point in my life, God also blessed me with a wonderful husband in whom I started a family with. We were married for 6 years and courted a year before our marriage. Unfortunately, my husband was unfaithful and left me for another woman, leaving me heartbroken and to be a single mother. Both before and after our marriage, we were both involved in the church and loved the Lord very much, however as things tend to happen, our divorce was one of them. Throughout this, I stayed strong in my faith and begun a new life with just me and my boy’s. Now I live for God and my children with the help and strength that comes from Him above.

In this book called “Man’s search for meaning”, Viktor Frankl says in his book that there are a possible of three sources for what is the basis for the meaning of life. These three key points are generalized for what is being done in every human life, and what is seen as for every human being as a fulfillment of their lives. These key points are also what I try to think of myself in how I could differ from what he points out in what goes on in every human life. Thus, as I tried, most of what I do in my life is deriving off of the key points. Why is that? Am I like some pre-programmed person that searches for something in life like everyone with a common goal to achieve better than what they have going them right now? These key points do make anyone question them in what they’re doing in life is something that would truly fulfill their lives. There are some factors that do derivate from his points, but the only thing I can think of is being detained in solitary confinement. Sure that involve doing something bad at first, but what if you were detained all your life? I can say that these points that do make for a meaningful life, but is it all necessarily true?

However, Viktor Frankl took it a step further and combine it with logotherapy and his own experiences with suffering. While most people struggling to find meaning in their lives aren't in as serious of a situation as a concentration camp, they are still suffering. Frankl says that "he who has a why to live for can bear almost any how" (Frankl ). He tells people that by finding a reason to get through the suffering, they may find their “pain” is not so painful. Just as prisoners who had reasons to make it to liberation day defeated their suffering. Viktor Frankl said himself “that the meaning of his life, is to help others find the meaning of their’s” (Frankl

In the book “Man’s Search For Meaning,” Frankl introduced the meaning of life that he discovered during he suffered in the concentration camp. He also mentioned that people find meaningful life by creating work, experiencing something, and by the attitude we toward unavoidable suffering. As a young person, I less advanced in life and less enlightened by the experience. I can’t image how many painful memories that he had, and I don’t know in what dilemma he found the meaning of lives. Undoubtedly, Frankl noticed the value of his life, and his difficult life experience helped him know himself, and finally he overcame many difficulties. Thus, for me, I think I can find meaningful lives by helping others, achieving self-realization and experiencing more things in my life.

Many people believe that there is a reason that they are on earth. People think their reason is greater than anybody else’s reason. They think that they are on earth to save the human race. They have huge ideas of how they are going to change the world. Some people’s purpose may not be that big, their purpose may just be to have a child. This purpose that people have is what keeps them going. A plan that they want to make themselves or where they live better. This “meaning of life” is often why people strive to make themselves the best they can be. Even though many people won’t achieve this great purpose they have for themselves, they put in so much effort to try. In the book Man’s Search for Meaning Viktor Frankl’s meaning for life is his wife. I believe my meaning of life is to have a family. Changing ourselves, suffering to get to a goal, multiple people taking blame, and living life to the fullest are some things humans have to go through to achieve what they want.

As I read through Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, I grasp on to all the epiphanies and realizations that Frankl reflects upon and take them into consideration in my own life. Although I have never gone through any experiences even remotely similar to his experiences in the concentration camps, in this time in my life I am searching for meaning in a way. Moving on to a new chapter in my life, I feel as though I am trying to find my purpose, who I am, and who I will become. Therefore, Man’s Search for Meaning has provided me with multiple major insights in my own search for meaning.

Austrian neurologist, psychiatrist, and Holocaust survivor, Viktor Frankl wrote the award-winning book, Man’s Search for Meaning in which he talks about his experience in a concentration camp located in Auschwitz during World War II. He describes his psychotherapeutic method that involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positive as he controlled his attitude during the horrific times and imagined the outcome. Viktor Frankl demonstrates this idea throughout the book, saying things such as, “When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves” (Frankl 81) which illustrates the idea that when a situation is out of one’s control to change, he must then change his own perspective on the situation. Frankl also stated, “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.” (Frankl 69). This quote is an

To say that I dedicated several hours deciphering the purpose of why I would attend college would be false. For years I have always thought of college as somewhere bright individuals travel to after high school. College was only where people went to start their career and in turn earn a substantial amount of money. In fact, this false institutionalized “purpose” has plagued countless U.S. citizens under this Capitalist system. Society tells people to enroll in college so they can obtain jobs, where they can earn money, buy a large house, start a family, and live the lifestyles they have always dreamed of. For a lengthy period of time my only goal in life was to attend to college so I can attain a well-paying job to afford the lifestyle that

The classic works of Frankl's depicted in "Man's Search for Freedom are a mediation of the importance of finding one's purpose in this life. Also, highlights on the methods through which can pursue and achieve this purpose in life. While at the Nazi camp as a prisoner, Frankl experienced firsthand how the lack of meaning for life under such hard circumstances can be the distinguishing point between life and death (Frankl, 1995). By meditation, Frankl realized that the gruesome experiences at Auschwitz taught him about the primary purpose of life which was the key determinant of those who lived and those who survived. According to him, there are three main possible sources that include: love, purposeful work, and courage in the face of adversity.

Everyone has a purpose in life and without a purpose, there’s no reason to continue on the game of life. Your purpose motivates you and helps you on your journey of accomplishing your goals in life. My purpose is to make a difference in society through the gifts and talents of achievement and deliberative while caring for people’s health and wellbeing. My long term personal goal is to purchase an apartment in downtown Orlando and to purchase a car by 2021 using the money I have saved up from work. My career goal is to become an Emergency Room Physician by 2026 and to be certified by the American Board of Medical Specialties by 2030. My long term educational goal is to obtain a bachelor’s degree in biomedical by 2021 and finish medical school by 2025. It’s going to be a long journey to where I want to go in life and hopefully having a purpose will motivate me to continue on my lengthy path.