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A question came to mind regarding hope.
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On the subject of hope ... a book that has helped me through past crises is "The Anatomy of Hope", by Jerome Groopman, M.D. He writes of realistic hope (vs. the other kind),.. and how to adjust our goals as we go along. Dr. Groopman is an empathic, pragmatic doctor and a good writer. Also, I'd like to second @edsutton's recommendation of Viktor Frankl's magnificent book "Man's Search for Meaning". If Dr. Frankl could retain some hope in a concentration camp ... and he did... we can learn a lesson from it. He attributes this attitude to helping him survive with and for a purpose, which was in part to write the book and inspire others who suffer.
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When I went to college years ago my philosophy teacher assigned students to read Viktor Frankl's - 'Man's Search for Meaning'. That was circa 1979/1980 and I never forgot this profoundly moving book. I just purchased a copy of the book about a year ago for my bookshelf since my first book is in a storage unit far away and at a low point in my recent life, I needed to re-read this book to empower me to not give up. I cannot count how many times I'd recounted the words of that book since having red it over four decades ago now.
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Thanks for your response!
You are not the first one to recommend Frankl's book which I read many years ago.
I thank Mayo for this platform.