Gerald D'Cunha

“Between the stimulus and the response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and freedom.” Dr. Victor Frankl in ‘Man’s Search For Meaning’ W hat Dr. Frankl tries to convey to us is this: Our behaviour is not necessarily the result of what happens to us… It’s not necessary for us to react, instinctively, to someone’s comments, however taunting or nasty they may sound… There is no need for us to be a fish for his bait. Let the taunt be just that - a taunt. Let the nasty comment be just that - a nasty comment. In fact, unless we attach a special meaning to those comments, they remain just someone’s words. They become ‘nasty’ only if we allow them to be. The interpretation we give and the meaning we attach to those words make all the difference. So, Dr. Frankl’s explanation makes it difficult for us to complain and play the victim’s role… that, someone’s behaviour towards us is responsible for our ...

I n my last Blog, I had written about the insights shared by my friend, Ajith, during an interactive P.D. session, yesterday. Ajith had stressed on the theme – ‘Voice versus Noise’. To take the discussion further, he has sent me a full article written by him, today. I am delighted to share it here in my Blog. Hope, it will help my readers. THE CONCENTRATION CAMP WITHIN US -           By Ajith Nair “Man is born free but everywhere he is in chains” - Jean Jacques Rousseau, “The Social Contract”     OUR INNER VOICE In the book ‘Man’s Search for Meaning’, Viktor Frankl talks about how you can take everything away from a man but hope. Confined to a concentration camp by the Nazis, seeing death and distress around him every day, Viktor Frankl managed to get in touch with something deep within himself that helped him cope with the fear and suffering that was all around him. Mind you, ther...