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To Be Sure, Man's Search For Meaning May Arouse Inner Tension Rather Than Inner Equilibrium. However, Precisely Such Tension Is An Indispensable Prerequisite Of Mental Health. There Is Nothing In The World, I Venture To Say, That Would So Effectively Help One To Survive Even The Worst Conditions As The Knowledge That There Is A Meaning In One's Life. There Is Much Wisdom In The Words Of Nietzsche: "he Who Has A Why To Live For Can Bear Almost Any How

The Last Of Human Freedoms - The Ability To Chose One's Attitude Especially An Attitude Of Gratitude In A Given Set Of Circumstances Especially In Difficult Circumstances.

To The European, It Is A Characteristic Of The American Culture That, Again And Again, One Is Commanded And Ordered To 'be Happy.' But Happiness Cannot Be Pursued; It Must Ensue. One Must Have A Reason To 'be Happy.' Once The Reason Is Found, However, One Becomes Happy Automatically. As We See, A Human Being Is Not One In Pursuit Of Happiness But Rather In Search Of A Reason To Become Happy, Last But Not Least, Through Actualizing The Potential Meaning Inherent And Dormant In A Given Situation.

Self-actualization Cannot Be Attained If It Is Made An End In Itself, But Only As A Side Effect Of Self-transcendence.

Woe To Him Who Saw No More Sense In His Life, No Aim, No Purpose, And Therefore No Point In Carrying On.