James Laughlin’s short YouTube video explains Viktor Frankl’s claim that meaning in life can be discovered three ways: (1) by creating work or accomplishing tasks (example: Michelangelo), (2) by fully experiencing something or loving someone, and (3) by the attitude one adopts toward unavoidable suffering — a point emphasized by Frankl’s experience in a concentration camp. The clip briefly contextualizes Frankl’s authority on the subject.
Viktor Frankl said that the meaning of life can be discovered in three ways. Please write these down. If you've got a pen and paper, please write these down. Firstly, he said you could do it by creating a work or accomplishing some task. So you think of the great Michelangelo. Secondly, by experiencing something fully or loving somebody. Last but not least, here's what Victor shared. You can achieve and understand and discover that meaning of life by the attitude that you adopt towards unavoidable suffering. And now that might seem quite shocking. But just remember, Viktor Frankl was in a concentration camp. He has seen and experienced the worst of the worst of humanity.
