A cancer survivor talks about the importance of hope, inspired by her reading of Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning, which analyzes the psychological strength of Holocaust survivors.
PUBLISHED November 08, 2017
Jane has earned three advanced degrees and had several fulfilling careers as a librarian, rehabilitation counselor and college teacher. Presently she does freelance writing. Her articles include the subjects of hearing loss and deafness, service dogs and struggling with cancer. She has been a cancer survivor since 2010.
She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
She has myelodysplastic syndrome, which is rare, and would love to communicate with others who have MDS.
.....What intrigued Frankl was the fact the survivors were not always the fittest or strongest. He realized the people who survived had only one thing in common. Each survivor he talked to had some kind of purpose in life and a reason to live. The purpose was different for each prisoner. It may be a living relative, a home to return to or a career that the person loved. Frankl's own purpose was clear to him. He decided to write a book when the war was over. He came close to giving up when the Nazis stole his notes. He wrestled with how he could go on until he realized the Nazis could not take away his mind.....
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