Musings: We can learn from a survivor
We should find ways to better express our differences and create a more harmonious world. Credit: iStock
Sadly, the way we interact during these challenging times continues to divide us. The way we express our views with total disregard of much-needed empathy has become the norm.
I implore each of us to take a moment to reflect on the following:
Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl’s concepts in his autobiographical “Man’s Search for Meaning” were often popularized this way: “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
There is so much pain and suffering in the world. Each of us should take a moment to reflect on ways to better express our differences and create a more harmonious world. In this space “lies our growth and our freedom.”
— Jim Coddington III, St. James
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