I’ve recently started reading a book titled Man’s Search For Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl. The book is an account of Viktor Frankl’s experience as an inmate at a concentration camp during World War ll. The purpose of it all is to define Frankl’s we’ll-known term “Logotheraphy”. Logotheraphy is defined as the search or finding of meaning in one’s life. It is said to be the most powerful motivating and driving force in humans.
Early in the book I came to a point were Frankl had just been admitted into the camp & something about his recollections really stuck out to me. After being admitted into the camp, they were stripped of all possessions & weren’t allowed to hold on to anything but shoes & a belt. While this in my head is normal for an inmate after admission, I still cannot wrap my head around them being stripped of all birth rights & paper work to now become named as a number.
Frankl speaks about a process of him & the rest of the inmates waiting at the camp’s shower for the first time where he states, ” while we were waiting for the shower, our nakedness was brought home to us: we really had nothing now except our bare bodies- even minus hair; all we possessed, literally, was our naked existence”
At this point I stopped reading and I have been pondering on those words & trying to figure what feelings Frankl may have had at the particular time of realization & I got absolutely nothing.
The only questions I could ask myself are:
1. “who am I when I am stripped of everything materialistic “
3. “am I truly living purposely or am I just existing?
Then I got this reassurance from God that the journey he has called me and my Squad (SquidA) on is a journey of not only helping and loving others but also finding ourselves away from comfort & the materialistic things we possess. This journey is the answer to those questions & the step into searching for the true & deeper meaning of our time here on earth.
I see you smiling down on me God. I see you preparing me and the squad by transforming our hearts & minds for the mission you have placed in front of us all.
Thank you for your voice & your reassurance daily Heavenly Father, I can’t explain how thankful I am.
To my entire squad, I love you guys & I cannot wait to spend the next year teaching, growing, learning, & worshipping with you all!!
