On Viktor E. Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning
I've started reading the book because I'm tired of living with all this dread from being alone. Having finished reading about his experiences from Auschwitz, I'm already struck with one of the core ideas of the book: a quote from Nietzsche. Those who have a "why" can withstand almost any "how." While I have yet to read the second half of the book (the section on Logotherapy), I'm already thinking about what my "why" is, and how it can be strong enough to withstand the "hows" of my life; if Frankl can find his inner strength to survive concentration camps, then surely I'll figure out what I'll need to do to find meaning for my life. The only thing I know for sure is that romance is not my "why"; if anything, the suffering brought about romance is one of the many "hows" I'll need to overcome.