Victor Frankl maintains that man’s greatest desires are not simply for a easy life with no struggle or tension, but for “worthy goals” and for a life of meaning and purpose where we forget ourselves in the service of others. Pleasure cannot make us happy. Joy cannot be grasped. It can only be received
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