“A must read:
Viktor Frankl, one of the great psychiatrists of the twentieth century, survived the death camps of Nazi Germany. His little book, Man’s Search for Meaning, is one of those life-changing books that everyone should read.
Frankl once told the story of a woman who called him in the middle of the night to calmly inform him she was about to commit suicide. Frankl kept her on the phone and talked her through her depression, giving her reason after reason to carry on living. Finally she promised she would not take her life, and she kept her word.
When they later met, Frankl asked which reason had persuaded her to live?
“None of them”, she told him.
What then influenced her to go on living, he pressed?
Her answer was simple, it was Frankl’s willingness to listen to her in the middle of the night. A world in which there was someone ready to listen to another’s pain seemed to her a world in which it was worthwhile to live.
Often, it is not the brilliant argument that makes the difference. Sometimes the small act of listening is the greatest gift we can give.”
The focus of my Daily Positive Impact posts is to provide readers with sites that make available resources focused on creating positive impact, amusing stories that help us all smile during these difficult times, and examples of positive daily actions that have been taken that are included to energize readers to take their own actions to make our world a better place. If you are already there, thanks!!
Have a healthy, positive and impactful life,Peter Prichard CMF
-WEBSITE/BLOG – https://havepositiveimpact.com/
-AUTHOR – the International #1 Amazon Bestseller and Readers’ Favorite 5 Star Award Recipient – “Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times” – https://www.amazon.com/dp/1732793808
Readers Favorite 5 Star Review stated, “If you want to make a difference in the world, but don’t know where to start, or want to make a difference in your own life, but don’t know how, this book was written for you.”
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100% of the revenue from the sale of my 3 books available on Amazon goes to organizations (some of the links are below) supporting the themes of those books:
–LESSENING INSTANCES OF SEXUAL ASSAULT AND BULLYING (“Dawn of Hope” – www.theuncomfortableconversation.org and https://www.stopitnow.org/ ),
–LESSENING DEATHS BY TOBACCO (“Dawn of the Tobacco Wars” – www.tobaccofreekids.org ), and
–INCREASING INSTANCES OF POSITIVE IMPACT (“Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times” mentioned above – The Care Package – https://lnkd.in/ethChzu3 and The Greater Good Science Center – https://lnkd.in/e9PrNdcv )
–INCREASING INSTANCES OF POSITIVE IMPACT (“Have a Positive Impact During Uncertain Times” mentioned above – The Care Package – https://lnkd.in/ethChzu3 and The Greater Good Science Center – https://lnkd.in/e9PrNdcv )
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