“The last of the human freedoms: to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” (Viktor Frankl 1905-1997).
One of the greatest freedoms we have is to read without fear. It is the freedom to learn, to grow, to experience the lives of others through the work of authors who offer us insight, inspiration, affirmation, and accountability.
We get to choose what we will read and what we will learn. Even when everything seems to be stripped away from us, it isn’t until we surrender our minds and our attitudes to others that we experience true defeat. Never give up hope and faith in the triumph of goodness. This is one of the messages I took away from reading Viktor Frankl’s book, Man’s Search for Meaning.
“If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today, I still have a dream.” (Martin Luther King – 1929-1968)
“To know oneself is to foresee oneself; to foresee oneself amounts to playing a part.”
Asbury Park, New Jersey – Ocean Grove, New Jersey – Summer, 1958