I Do The Unpleasant Tasks

To Be Sure, Man's Search For Meaning May Arouse Inner Tension Rather Than Inner Equilibrium. However, Precisely Such Tension Is An Indispensable Prerequisite Of Mental Health. There Is Nothing In The World, I Venture To Say, That Would So Effectively Help One To Survive Even The Worst Conditions As The Knowledge That There Is A Meaning In One's Life. There Is Much Wisdom In The Words Of Nietzsche: "he Who Has A Why To Live For Can Bear Almost Any How

Between Stimulus And Response There Is A Space. In That Space Is Our Power To Choose Our Response. In Our Response Lies Our Growth And Our Freedom.

Even Though Conditions Such As Lack Of Sleep, Insufficient Food And Various Mental Stresses May Suggest That The Inmates Were Bound To React In Certain Ways, In The Final Analysis It Becomes Clear That The Sort Of Person The Prisoner Became Was The Result Of An Inner Decision, And Not The Result Of Camp Influences Alone.

Such A Value System Might Be Responsible For The Fact That The Burden Of Unavoidable Unhappiness Is Increased By Unhappiness About Being Unhappy.

Somewhere I Heard A Victorious "yes" In Answer To My Question Of The Existence Of Ultimate Purpose.