We strive not merely for the metaphysical, but for an aspect of ourselves that approaches the realization of a worthwhile reality. And, to be sure, for all the power that these moments contain, it is vital that we never settle for their mere occurrence. "Ever more people today have the means to live," Frankl wrote in his book The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism, "but no meaning to live for." She said: "I urge you, please don't settle for happiness. In the course of Man's Search, Frankl wrote that: "What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him.

Source: Huffington Post January 16, 2017 17:13 UTC