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Don’t pursue happiness.

Muneer Huda
Nov 7 · 8 min read

I recently read Viktor E. Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. Frankl was a psychologist and holocaust survivor. He survived four Nazi death camps, including Auschwitz, and overcame the death of his wife, unborn child, parents, and the loss of his life’s work on Logotherapy. Events that would cripple any man, Frankl rose above. He found meaning and purpose in his suffering to overcome despair.

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Muneer Huda

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MA in Education, Teacher. Previous freelance writer and editor. Previous Toastmaster, including VP of Education.

The Huda Journals

hu·da: that’s me; jour·​nal: a record, as of occurrences, experiences ,observations, or thoughts, often of a personal nature

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