So I read a book and I'm really pleased because I was not sure if I'd ever get through a whole book again? "Man's search for meaning" by Viktor Frankl.
It was easy. I was really grateful for that. I had a little of the usual resistance to picking it up but, I basically read it in two days. It's not a long book, and there are a couple more factors. He said some really interesting things, particularly about "logotherapy," which I'd never heard of.
The big takeaways for me were 1.) How much life in general resembles being in a concentration camp (for me.) Not because of my circumstances but, because of the way I perceive my circumstances. 2.) Don't bother being as scared about things (like being tortured for instance or some other gruesome death,) because it became commonplace for them. Thinking about it is one thing, and it's way worse than the actual experience of it. I had always hoped it was like that and this book pretty much agreed with what I had always imagined. (Just please let it be someone else that gets attacked by a shark while surfing?)
There is no deprivation or suffering they didn't witness or endure.
As always, life can be reduced to movie quotes. Indiana Jones in the first (only) raiders says "Miriam's dead" to which Sala replies, "Life goes on Indy."
