ninale mariam's Key Ideas from Man's Search For Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl

Viktor Frankl introduces the term 'logotherapy' in the second part of this book. Logotherapy holds that human beings are driven to find purpose and meaning in life.

According to logo therapy we can discover the meaning in life in three different waysan :

1. By creating a work or doing a deed

2. By experienceing something or encountering someone

3. By the attitude we take toward an avoidable suffering.

Consider a movie: it conists of thousands of individual pictures, and each of them carries a meaning, yet the meaning of the whole film cannot be seen before its last sequence is shown. However, we cannot understand the whole film without having first understood each of its components.

Isn't the same with life? Life is a story with meaningful moments that gradually converge towards a greater purpose, just like in a movie.

The author motivates you to embrace your sufferings and take pride in them, for your personal hardships have the potential to transform into remarkable triumphs.