Sometimes we take a backward glimpse of
our past life and see a zigzag trail that looks discouraging at best. On our worst day we might find ourselves
thinking, “What’s the use? Cash it in,
for goodness sake.”
Or perhaps we find ourselves in a
deplorable situation in this moment and we see no way out. Maybe we wonder how we can make it just one
more day.
Have you ever felt that way?
A favorite book of mine is Victor Frankl’s
Man’s Search for Meaning. I find tremendous insight when I read this
book. Today’s thought is this:
“Man can
only live by looking to the future.”
In his book, Frankl observed the bleak
and desperate responses of some of the prisoners of war he saw all around
him. Once a prisoner gave up on life,
he/she gave up on self. Once hope was
gone, life quickly ended.
Rather, his discover has great
implications for us today. We must look
toward our future. We never give up,
give in, or succumb to what is. We fight
for every inch of ground we can claim and every mountain we can successfully
climb.
We LIVE!
We find some kind of hope, some kind of anchor and we hold on.
Hope is the critical
piece. We see the possibilities in a
glimmer, a ray of hope, and we fixate on that one glimmer. And if that dims and fades, we find another.
Do you want to know how to live past
today? Dream of what tomorrow may
bring. Believe in your tomorrows and
hold on for dear life.
What drove Dr. Frankl to survive that horrid
experience was the image he carried in his mind of his beloved wife and his
hope for their future. Frankl said he
saw many succumb who had the opportunity to survive because they lacked will,
and they lacked will because they lacked hope.
It all came down to CHOICE. Those who survive to face another day choose
to endure, and to hold onto hope.
Make that choice today.
P Michael
Biggs
Offering
Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word
at a Time
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