Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl (2006, Paperback)

This is a fast and easy read, not too long, but the lessons you get from this book can last a lifetime. One of the most inspiring and deeply meaningful books I've ever read. A triumph of the human spirit! Dr. Viktor Frankl's message may be critically important to many of us in the future, should any of us have to face trauma and brutality at the hands of others. A tool for healing and regeneration of the spirit. There are bad people in the world, or good people acting badly. But humanity redeems itself in the lives and actions of people like Frankl. My favorite part of this book is where Frankl is interviewing a dying woman, and she tells him that she is having a dialogue with the tree, outside the window. Thinking that she is delusional, he asked her what the tree is saying. She responds: "I am life, everlasting. I am here, I am with you" (paraphrased). I would also recommend Corrie Ten Boom's 'The Hiding Place', and 'In My Hands', by Opdyke. All are fascinating books and deeply enriching to the soul!