The Day That Hand Comes to Welcome Me

Following the three great masters of psychology—Freud, Jung, and Adler—is one whom I respect the most and who is called the fourth great master:

〖Viktor Frankl〗

After surviving the harrowing experience of the Holocaust, he proposed his own unique psychology,
〖Logotherapy〗.

At its foundation lies a strong perspective:
“Regardless of the past, how will you live from this very moment for the sake of the future (the meaning of life/mission) that is waiting for you?”
That Frankl did not view 【death】 as something terrifying,

but likened it to
“a mother’s hand gently waking her child.”
In his philosophy, 【death】 is not an end.
He taught that it is like a mother gently waking her child from this sleeping world of the present… a gentle process of awakening that transitions us into a world of more essential love and light.

I was deeply moved by this view of life and death, spun with such a gentle gaze, especially considering that he himself did not view 【death】 merely as “fear” or an “end” even after the harrowing experience of the Holocaust.

Having had a vague fear of 【death】 myself, when I encountered this view of life and death, my heart felt as though it were unraveling and filling with warm love.

If what awaits at the end of this present life is
“a mother’s hand gently waking her child,”
then I have not a shred of anxiety.
I can welcome it with peace of mind.

Because until I am shaken awake by that gentle hand,
there is nothing to do but 【live from this very moment】.
It is precisely because I was able to encounter such a love-filled view of life and death that I think anew each day,

“I will live the time given to me as comfortably and fully as I can.”

With the utmost respect for
〖Viktor Frankl〗…