The Power of Positivity
Viktor Frankl, in his book ‘Man’s search for Meaning’, says,
“We have the ability to choose how we respond to and process any event that
happens to us.’ Viktor Frankl was an Austrian psychotherapist who survived
confinement in the Nazi concentration camps. When he was in the camps, there
were many people around him who went through the same torment and torture that
he had gone through. Many lost hope. Many lost positivity. This caused them
loose their health and finally their lives. Few among them including Viktor
retained their positivity and survived the torment. But how does one retain
their positivity even in the midst of the worst?
Viktor, in his book, notes down three traits of the
survivors that helped them retain their even when they came face-to-face with
death.
Your life should have an aim. The aim should be such that
you should work, study and even sleep accordingly that you attain your aim. The
aim can be anything from being the best athlete to a billionaire, from being a philanthropist
to a better human being. But you should have one and march towards it each day.
Viktor clearly remarks that those who survived the cold and harsh working
conditions naked in the concentration camps were the ones who had a definite,
clear and great aim in their lives.
2.Take responsibilities:
Take responsibilities in your life to be more positive. Take
the responsibility of your work, your family or anything else. But be sure to
have some. Viktor says some of them survived only because they had their sense
of responsibility towards their family, work, etc. alive.
3.Choose to be positive:
Viktor says, “Everything can be taken from a man but one,
the last of human freedoms to choose one’s attitude to a given set of
circumstances, to choose one’s own way.” The other tips help you to remain
positive but ultimately it is your choice to remain positive.
So utilize your freedom to be positive so that even the worst can’t defeat you.
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