A Man Who Becomes Conscious Of The

The Quest For Meaning Is The Key To Mental Health And Human Flourishing

Man Is Not Fully Conditioned And Determined But Rather Determines Himself Whether He Gives In To Conditions Or Stands Up To Them.

The Way In Which A Man Accepts His Fate And All The Suffering It Entails, The Way In Which He Takes Up His Cross, Gives Him Ample Opportunity — Even Under The Most Difficult Circumstances — To Add A Deeper Meaning To His Life. It May Remain Brave, Dignified And Unselfish. Or In The Bitter Fight For Self Preservation He May Forget His Human Dignity And Become No More Than An Animal

Every Human Being Has The Freedom To Change At Any Instant.

In A Last Violent Protest Against The Hopelessness Of Imminent Death, I Sensed My Spirit Piercing Through The Enveloping Gloom. I Felt It Transcend That Hopeless, Meaningless World, And From Somewhere I Heard A Victorious "yes" In Answer To My Question Of The Existence Of An Ultimate Purpose. At That Moment A Light Was Lit In A Distant Farmhouse, Which Stood On The Horizon As If Painted There, In The Midst Of The Miserable Gray Of A Dawning Morning In Bavaria. "et Lux In Tenebris Lucet"-and The Light Shineth In The Darkness.