Tragic Optimism - Rewriting The Rules

Frankl states that life involves three inevitable kinds of tragedy, the ‘tragic triad’:

1. Pain and suffering,


2. Guilt, because we are free to make choices in our lives, and are responsible for the impact of those choices, and


3. Death, and knowing that our life is transient.

He says that it is hard to find meaning in the face of such tragedy, but that if we d... See more