Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom --- Victor Frankl
Victor Frankl along with his wife and parents was deported to a concentration camp. He worked there as a doctor, and as a psychologist. During the midst of all the suffering, endured by him and other prisoners. He realized that the only way to endure suffering and hardships is by realizing one's own consciousness. Human beings are different than animals in that they are the only creature that can think about their own existence and suffering objectively.
Whenever we come across a stimulus (bad traffic, tragic events, or simply negative thoughts), we need to realize our mood and well-being is the result of our own reaction towards them. A stimulus cannot affect us unless we allow them to. Between that stimulus and our response (in actions and/or thoughts), we have a space. In that space we can decide how to react. We can decide to think about the problem in a positive way by setting a plan to change our condition. If we can't change those conditions (if you're stuck in a concentration camp for instance) then there is no point on dwelling on those negative thoughts.
Victor Frankl survived the concentration camp and died at age 92. He wrote many books about what was called "existentialist psychology"
More Quotes:
"Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves"
Victor Frankl along with his wife and parents was deported to a concentration camp. He worked there as a doctor, and as a psychologist. During the midst of all the suffering, endured by him and other prisoners. He realized that the only way to endure suffering and hardships is by realizing one's own consciousness. Human beings are different than animals in that they are the only creature that can think about their own existence and suffering objectively.
Whenever we come across a stimulus (bad traffic, tragic events, or simply negative thoughts), we need to realize our mood and well-being is the result of our own reaction towards them. A stimulus cannot affect us unless we allow them to. Between that stimulus and our response (in actions and/or thoughts), we have a space. In that space we can decide how to react. We can decide to think about the problem in a positive way by setting a plan to change our condition. If we can't change those conditions (if you're stuck in a concentration camp for instance) then there is no point on dwelling on those negative thoughts.
Victor Frankl survived the concentration camp and died at age 92. He wrote many books about what was called "existentialist psychology"
More Quotes:
"Everything can be taken from a man or a woman but one thing: the last of human freedoms to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
When we are no longer able to change a situation - we are challenged to change ourselves"
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