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there was once a brilliant man named Viktor Frankl. he was a psychiatrist before WWII broke out, opened many innovative and controversial places in Germany (among the first battered womens shelters and such). he intentionally mis-diagnosed people because he didn't want to see the mentally ill be euthanized by the nazi party.
then he got locked up.
his wife was killed in the camps, along with his parents, and a sibling or two.
he survived Auschwitz for close to four years, which is an extremely long time given the circumstances.

nine days after his liberation, he dictated a book called: "Man's Search for Meaning."

changed my life, reading that book. here i thought i had the world by the huevos and soon realized i was chasing illusions.

i have recommended that book to many bright clients over the years; very few come back and say it sucked. most come back and say thank you, now i don't need your services anymore.

some good advice in this thread. volunteering is an awesome thing to do. go for some spirituality, not religion (couldn't agree more on that one...and people wonder why i stop to move an earthworm off the sidewalk...oh well...).

and ronin has some sage advice too....once you go through some seroius stuff in your life, you learn how to appreciate even the most simple things. don't let it come down to that.



axioms i live by:
happiness comes from within, not without.
you must be the change you want to see in the world.
a caged animal is not an animal. <---that one takes some serious reflection until you unravel its genius.