Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Power of Choice - Victor Frankl

Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl.

Frankl was a Holocaust survivor who wrote about his experiences in a Nazi concentration camp.
  • Everything was taken away from these prisoners.

  • They were stripped of their clothing, their pictures, and their personal belongings.

  • They even took away their names and gave them numbers.

  • Frankl was number 119,104.

Everything was taken away except one thing. Frankl said, “Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances.”


I’m absolutely convinced that the most important choice you make everyday is your attitude.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Slow that I am in comprehending what I've read during my second read of Man's Search Meaning, I find my self with a much needed scense of hope as my life moves into it's fourth decade. Victor's insight into how I experience my world is moving and I'am thankful to have come across his writings.

Anonymous said...

Slow that I am in comprehending what I've read during my second read of Man's Search Meaning, I find my self with a much needed scense of hope as my life moves into it's fourth decade. Victor's insight into how I experience my world is moving and I'am thankful to have come across his writings.