Tragic Optimism

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Adult Children of Swedes and Norwegians: Left Alone with Our Sins Interesting post, Jon. Exciting Raeding from Beggers All.
We certainly can learn something from Dr. Viktor Frankl, who endured unspeakable horrors in Nazi concentration camps and survived the Holocaust. He has developed logotherapy, and the concept of “tragic optimism”, defined as optimism in the face of tragedy”. Different from positive illusions, tragic optimism refers to “the capacity to hope in spite of and because of tragic experiences.” - An extract from an article "When terror hits home: A case for tragic optimism by Paul Wong, Ph.D.
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The Swedish Christianity should sometimes in between join seminars in Frankl´s logotherapy learning about Tragic Optimism. To come out in its global Mission in stead of the outspread navel inspection...
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