Questioned by Life
I always argue the we are products of our time and place in history. The meaning in our lives is made up from the story we continually strive to create among others out of the raw materials handed to us by our circumstance. This morning I revisited a little book that did much to shape my life’s journey.
In his book, “Man’s Search for Meaning” , Victor Frankl, a psychiatrist and survivor of the Holocaust, remembers that in order to survive the trials of the camps….
“We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life—daily and hourly. Our answer must consist, not in talk and mediation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual”.
W. E. Deming spoke of meaning in terms of creating “aims”.
