Suffering, meaning and purpose
Viktor Frankl: Man's search for meaning
find meaning/purpose in suffering
- Why am I doing what I'm doing?
- What is my higher purpose?
- You already belong to God's plan
- to the universe which existed before you were born
Deep talks with Lemond
Meaning vs purpose¶
Meaning: looking back - making sense of the world as it happened/is happening
Purpose - aspiring to what's ahead
Purpose vs goals¶
- goals: intentions that can be accomplished
- eg: graduating
- purpose
- intentionality, life aim
- always in front of you
- being a caring father
- tells you what goals you should be pursuing next
- [[Progress#Picking goals]]
Suffering & meaning¶
Viktor E. Frankl - Man's Search for Meaning Audiobook
- Viktor Frankl: suffering ceases to be suffering the moment it finds meaning
- reframe: old man: 2 years after death of wife
- what if you had died first and your wife had survived?
- that would be awful
Last update:
2023-04-24