Frankl's quietest and most counter-cultural claim: happiness is not a pursuit target. The more directly you aim at it, the more it eludes you. It must ensue — as a byproduct — from having a reason to be happy. A man in search of a reason to become happy, not one in pursuit of happiness itself. This inverts the entire achievement-oriented cultural script that tells Americans they are 'commanded and ordered to be happy.'
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