TouchGraph's Google Browser a Hoot!

The whole six degrees of separation thing for the web! Check out ToughGraph's Google Browser to see who is linked to who on the net!

http://www.touchgraph.com/TGGoogleBrowser.html

11:10:17 PM    

As my first post in the category of happiness, I chose to pass on some info that I consider essential reading, for trying to achieve a happy and fulfilling life, regardless of what life throws at you. Ted

Viktor Frankl Still Worth A Read After All These Years

During one of the worst periods of my life, when I was exposed to things about people I really did not want to have firsthand experience about, I really became incredibly cynical and callous. I also lost hope for a while. One day I heard a radio program that mentioned the incredible story of a holocaust survivor, who not only survived, but developed a philosophy about happiness, and how to live life more fully. That individual was eminently qualified, as prior to WWII he had completed his Phd in pychotherapy, that person was Dr. Viktor Frankl. In 1946 he published his book, "Man's Search for Meaning", that related both his experiences in the concentration camps, but more importantly what he had learned from the horrific experience.

In essence, what I remember vividly from that book was that regardless of what the Nazi took away from him, his past, his family were all killed in other concentration camps, his status as a respected scientist and professor. Virtually everything that could be done, and could be taken from him, was!

And still from the depths of that blackness, Frankl was able to realize something that could not be taken away from him!!!

And that was simply, the way he chose to respond to his environment!

While all of these absolutely barbaric actions revolved around him, he realized he could control how he responded to them!

What a powerful concept for life, the ability to chose how you respond to what life throws at you!

After Frankl died one of this closest friends set up an institute in his honor:

http://logotherapy.univie.ac.at/

For more information on Viktor Frankl, a number of people have been so moved by his books they have established web sites dedicated to his work.

Some of those worth checking out are:

One especially good article is found at:

http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/frankl/frankl.html

An article by Pamela Jessica Runyon in Empirezine at:

http://www.empirezine.com/spotlight/frankl/frankl1.htm

A Tribute to Viktor Frankl, by one of his students, Jeffrey K. Zeig, Ph.D

http://goinside.com/98/6/tribute.html

Viktor Frankl at Ninety an Interview by Matthew Scully

http://www.firstthings.com/ftissues/ft9504/scully.html

Biographical info:

http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/frankl.html

9:21:24 PM