"When man can't find a deep
sense of meaning, they distract
themselves with pleasure."
~Viktor Flankl, 1905 - 1917
If any author ever speaks to me,
it has to be Frankl. Such wisdom!
I would ask if he came by due
to all he had been through in the
Holocaust. Indeed, is it sorrows,
rather joys, that bring us wisdom?
Alas, in looking at my own life,
I do find this to be true. 'Tis the
sad times that bring on reflection,
right?!
I'd never discount joy. Methinks,
joy is that salt, pepper and spice
that makes our learning plausible.
Having said that, we must never
lose ourselves, our sorrows and
our learning in a world of naught
but horseplay!
We must, ever and always, seek
balance and pay close attention
to that which the Universe is
trying to teach us.
My half-way mark through my
favest month of the year, brings
me this bit of learning. Pray I
pay attention. Oft, I tend to get
distracted . . .
- - -
Viktor Emil Frankl was an Austrian
psychiatrist and Holocaust survivor,
who founded logotherapy, a school
of psychotherapy that describes a
search for a life's meaning as the
central human motivational force.
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