A mandatory read! It's not just self help, it helps in finding our ikigai, why should we live, ingrains the logo therapy philosophy in us, without our knowledge. When we think of the author, his achievement during his prime, the sufferings he had to endure in the concentration camps and the excruciating despair he had to face after the release, and how he raised himself from these ashes; I know it sounds like a cliché movie plot, but trust me there is nothing cliché in this book. The book IS NOT a narration of disastrous events, but quite the opposite - the book is full of hope and strength and life.
Though a Holocaust survivor, the author reiterates the fact that there is no collective revenge, it does not exist. He also thrusts on the point that one has the right to expect a heroic act from oneself alone! Unless you are brave enough to embrace a journey knowing how painful it might be, but for a good cause, there is nothing heroic in your suffering, but it still will have a meaning.
Lastly, but importantly, he reminds us that there are only 2 races - race of descent and indecent people, the former one being a minority.
Adding a passage from the book, which I think we can all follow
"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"
Though a Holocaust survivor, the author reiterates the fact that there is no collective revenge, it does not exist. He also thrusts on the point that one has the right to expect a heroic act from oneself alone! Unless you are brave enough to embrace a journey knowing how painful it might be, but for a good cause, there is nothing heroic in your suffering, but it still will have a meaning.
Lastly, but importantly, he reminds us that there are only 2 races - race of descent and indecent people, the former one being a minority.
Adding a passage from the book, which I think we can all follow
"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"
