Your deepest passion is the meaning of your life. Seek it, and it will find you. ~ Vadim Kotelnikov

The meaning of life is a philosophical inquiry into the purpose or significance of existence. The meaning of life may be discovered (higher purpose) or personally constructed (lower purpose), but most often it is a combination of both.

"Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it." ~ Buddha
The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity. Leo Tolstoy.
The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. Pablo Picasso
"You were born with some hidden higher purpose within you. Torture yourself until you reveal it." ~ Kotfuci

AImage created jointly by a human (Inessa Tsypkina) and artificial intelligence (AI), illustrating this quote by Viktor Frankl: “The first to break were those who believed that everything would end soon. Then those who didn't believe it would ever end. The ones that survived were those who focused on their affairs without waiting for something else to happen.”

*** Viktor Frankl on the Meaning of Life"

True survival is not about enduring time, but about maintaining inner freedom
Viktor Frankl, author of Man's Search for Meaning, wrote: “The first to break were those who believed that everything would end soon. Then those who didn't believe it would ever end. The ones that survived were those who focused on their affairs without waiting for something else to happen.”

Viktor Frankl's insight reveals a profound psychological truth from his experiences in Nazi concentration camps: extreme suffering breaks those with unrealistic expectations — either hope for immediate relief or despair over endless torment. The resilient were not defined by optimism or pessimism, but by focusing on what they could control: their inner attitude and daily actions. This aligns with his core belief in logotherapy — that meaning can be found even in suffering through personal responsibility and purpose. True survival, then, is not about enduring time, but about maintaining inner freedom.

"Even in the most dehumanizing conditions, individuals can maintain their humanity by finding life's purpose." ~ Viktor Frankl

Frankl calls meanings rooted in three values: creative values, experiential values, and attitudinal values. Creative values are what one finds by creating a work or doing a deed. Experiential values are realized by experiencing something or encountering someone.

Viktor Frankl proposed that meaning in life can be discovered in three ways:
By creating a work or accomplishing some task.
By experiencing something fully or loving somebody.
By the attitude that one adopts toward unavoidable suffering.

"The one thing you can't take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me. The last of one's freedoms is to choose one's attitude in any given circumstance. Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue. Between stimulus and response there is a space." ~ Viktor Frankl