“Live as if you were living a second time, and as though you had acted wrongly the first time.”– Viktor Frankl
This quote is a philosophy of life. Now, what this philosophy is saying is that you should live as if you were granted that new life, living for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now.
So, you need to approach this life with a mindset that you can make better decisions than in your “first life”.
The first time I read this quote, I was going through a trying time in my life, and it sparked a fire in me that got me through those dark times.
After losing my mother at the young age of 16, I was devastated and in a state of inaction.
I came across the book by Robert H. Schuller entitled – Tough Times Never Last, But Tough People Do!
This book, which started my library, saved my life. It re-kindled my fire, it set my soul on fire again!
One of the many lessons I learned from that book is the part that reads, “When something terrible happens, don’t do anything, just think.”
When you do something out of fear, many mistakes are bound to happen because your rational thinking is not part of the equation at that moment.
The second book in my newly formed library at 16 was by Martin Luther King, Jr – Strength to Love. In this book, MLK says, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
This quote further strengthened my faith. These lessons taught me that life is too short to rely only on your own personal experiences.
