![]() It is obviously tempting to take a pessimist’s view of life and scoff at optimism in general. I’m sure you are thinking that this article is going too dark now, but trust me that this will open new doors in your thought process. He believed that humans are motivated by something called a “will to meaning,” He emphasised that life can have meaning even in the most wretched circumstances and the motivation for living comes from finding that meaning.Īnd therefore, I totally believe that life weaves a tragic triad of human existence that cannot be escaped: Pain, guilt and death. His experience and theories are detailed in his book, “Man’s Search for Meaning.” In 1940s, Psychiatrist and psychotherapist Viktor Frankl had developed a concept called logotherapy, after surviving Nazi concentration camps. In my opinion, LIFE is a business and you are the CEO who decides whether this business of living is going to be easy or difficult. They camouflage their emotions under the garb of being content, gratitude and having no expectations at all…But in reality, they are living in a bubble free from elemental virtues of honesty, candour and acceptance. Good and evil Some people like to focus on one side over the other and pretend that the other side does not exist.Well, the truth is that there is an interesting duality to life, and this is exhibited by everything that nature has to offer: On the other side, someone like me is fiercely independent and passionately sad through the highs and lows that life has to offer! Hence, we hover above the borderline of self – destruction and melodramatic expressions. ![]() And more often than not, they feel guilty for experiencing joy and being the ‘happy puppy’ in good times. Our mother’s generation at large are fearful of being in a constant happy state because they await the low depths of sorrow that lurk on the other side of their euphoric times.
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