Re-Print Article
In
the Eye of the Hurricane: Finding Peace amidst Terror, Violence
and War
Paul T. P. Wong,
Ph.D., C. Psych.
Coquitlam, B.C., Canada
In the midst of chaos, terror, and
deaths, how can one find peace? What can positive psychology offer
to these exhausted and broken people living in putrid squalor? How
can they find serenity, hope and joy when they are going through
so much pain?
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Editorial
Missing Meaning in Myanmar
Chris Schryer
Toronto, Ontario
I sat down 3 weeks ago to write.
I was angry, in disbelief, and needed to vent. The news out of Myanmar
was bad. A bloody crack-down on a pro-democracy up-rising. A curfew
imposed. An internet blockade. There were people dead, people missing,
and a nation in terror...
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The Canadian branch of the world-famous organization. Red Cross
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"It did
not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life
expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of
life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being
questioned by life - daily and hourly. Our answer must consist,
not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct.
Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right
answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly
sets for each individual."
- Frankl, V.E. (1984). Man's Search
for Meaning. New York, NY: Touchstone Press, Simon and Schuster,
p.85.
“Man is
capable of changing the world for the better if possible, and of
changing himself for the better if necessary.”
- Frankl, V.E. (1984). Man's Search
for Meaning. New York, NY: Touchstone Press, Simon and Schuster,
p.133.
“Once an
individual’s search for a meaning is successful, it not only
renders him happy but also gives him the capability to cope with
suffering.”
- Frankl, V.E. (1984). Man's Search
for Meaning. New York, NY: Touchstone Press, Simon and Schuster,
p.141.
“Even the
helpless victim of a hopeless situation, facing a fate he cannot
change, may rise above himself, may grow beyond himself, and by
doing so change himself. He may turn a personal tragedy into a triumph.”
- Frankl, V.E. (1984). Man's Search
for Meaning. New York, NY: Touchstone Press, Simon and Schuster,
p.147.
“I
know that without the suffering, the growth that I have achieved
would have been impossible.”
- Frankl, V.E.
(1984). Man's Search for Meaning. New York, NY: Touchstone Press,
Simon and Schuster, p.148.
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Meaning Conference. The dates for
our next International Meaning Conference in Toronto will be July
24-27, 2008. Please keep that weekend open and plan to be with us.
The main theme is tentatively: Death and Dying: The Last Frontier
of Positive Psychology. Check our conference
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