Search for Meaning in Life with Nature (A Lenten Season Meditation)

Search for Meaning in Life with Nature

Dr Abe V Rotor

"Human nature is motivated by the search for a life purpose; logotherapy is the pursuit of that meaning for one's life. "

 - Victor Frankl (Man's Search for Meaning)

 

Teaching kids paint the natural world.

 

Discovering plants for natural healing and good health.

 

Devising effective teaching tools; conducting classes on mass media 

 

Restoring icons; painting murals on empty walls

 

Conducting field study as career and pastime.

 

Putting up a community museum; conducting field research.

 

 

Receiving awards and citations on behalf of the community.  

 

 

Expressing love and gratitude, and to the greatest gift of all - LIFE. 

The most difficult challenge in life is asked differently with a common theme, "What is the meaning of my life?  What am I living for?  Am I truly practicing Reverence for Life? What legacy will I leave when I die?

I found a very good reference on this subject, a recent field of psychology - LOGOTHERAPHY.  

Developed by Viktor Frankl, the theory is founded on the belief that human nature is motivated by the search for a life purpose; logotherapy is the pursuit of that meaning for one's life. Frankl's theories were heavily influenced by his personal experiences of suffering and loss in Nazi concentration camps.

Man's Search for Meaning is a 1946 book by Viktor Frankl chronicling his experiences as a prisoner in Nazi concentration camps during World War II, and describing his psychotherapeutic method, which involved identifying a purpose in life to feel positive about, and then immersively imagining that outcome. (Internet)