Is life Is life worth worth

living? living?

Viktor Frankl Viktor Frankl shows us how to shows us how to make life worth make life worth living no matter living no matter

whatwhat

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The 12 step program of The 12 step program of Meaningful LivingMeaningful Living

1. Accept your true self

2. Believe in your core values

3. Choose meaning & virtue

4. Discover Viktor Frankl

5. Embark on meaning quest

6. Find the sources of meaning & happiness

7. Go for PURE gold

8. Hitch your wagon to a war horse

9. Imagine the double-vision

10. Join forces between Yin & Yang

11. Knit a web of relationships

12. Live a healthy & fulfilling life

7 reasons for Meaningful 7 reasons for Meaningful LivingLiving

1. Discover the purpose & direction of your life

2. Understand who you are and why you are here

3. Know and pursue what really matters

4. Have a sense of freedom and responsibility to do what is right

5. Become authentic and kind in relating to others

6. Develop the resilience to survive anything life throws at you

7. Live a vital and fulfilling life in all circumstances.

Lesson 4: Is life worth Lesson 4: Is life worth living?living?

This silent cry for meaning rises from the depth of a

tormented soul. The sufferer dares not utter this

life-changing question, because he is too afraid to

hear the answer.

Solomon’s Problem of Solomon’s Problem of MeaninglessnessMeaninglessness

“Meaningless! Meaningless!...

Utterly meaningless!    Everything is meaningless.”

(Ecclesiastes 1:2, NIV)

Job’s Problem of Job’s Problem of SufferingSuffering

“Why did I not perish at birth,    and die as I came from the

womb?” (Job 3:11, NIV)

Viktor Frankl’s Viktor Frankl’s AnswerAnswer

Basic Tenets of Basic Tenets of LogotherapyLogotherapy

Freedom of WillFreedom of Will

The Will to MeaningThe Will to Meaning

Meaning of LifeMeaning of Life

The Meaning of The Meaning of SufferingSuffering

Seven benefits of Seven benefits of sufferingsuffering

1. Whatever does not kill you makes you stronger

2. Suffering purifies the soul

3. It makes you wiser

4. It increases your compassion

5. It teaches you how to pray and wait upon God

6. It compels you to do something to make life better for all

7. It prepares you for heroic achievements.

The Tragic Triad of The Tragic Triad of MeaninglessnessMeaninglessness

The Neurotic Triad of The Neurotic Triad of MeaninglessnessMeaninglessness

The 3 Values of The 3 Values of MeaningMeaning

Creative ValueCreative Value

Experiential ValueExperiential Value

Attitudinal ValueAttitudinal Value

The Defiant Human The Defiant Human SpiritSpirit

Meaning vs. Success Meaning vs. Success MindsetMindset

Your world is too Your world is too smallsmall

Meaning: Meaning: The Key to ResilienceThe Key to Resilience

Serving others is the Serving others is the key to Meaningful key to Meaningful LivingLiving

7 attributes of meaning-mindset1) Awaken to need for meaning &

purpose 2) Believe that life has intrinsic meaning

3) Choose to do what is right & kind4) Devote oneself to living a

responsible, virtuous and resilient life5) Elevate mundane activities to the

transcendental realm, 6) Find positive potentials in negatives 7) Go the extra mile for others.

ConclusionHaving a meaning-mindset will

make all the difference. It will fill your inner void and give

you hope in hopeless situaitons.It will add a special glow to

everything you do and see.