September - October 2007
Positive Living Newsletter
From the International Network on Personal Meaning

Photograph Courtsesy of Kerry Willis

Columns

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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Featured Organization

http://www.redcross.ca/
The Canadian branch of the world-famous organization. Red Cross has been on the scene of most major crises, from Kosovo, to New Orleans, to Rawanda, providing food, medicine, and support for affected people.

A great place to stay up-to-date on current issues, they have many great resources.

 
Quotes

"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.”
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Frankl, V.E. (1984). Man's Search for Meaning. New York, NY: Touchstone Press, Simon and Schuster, p.148.

 
News and Events

Next 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 pages on Meaning.ca

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