Related commentaries – Vision

Ezekiel’s Vision For The 3rd Temple – Ezekiel 40:1 – 40:49

Survival of the Death Camps of Nazi Germany

 

In his book, First Things First, author Stephen Covey wrote about Viktor Frankl, and Austrian psychologist who survived the death camps of Nazi Germany. Frankl made a startling discovery about why some survived the horrible conditions and some did not. “He looked at several factors - health, vitality, family structure, intelligence, and survival skills. Finally he concluded that none of these factors was primarily responsible. The single most significant factor, he realized, was a sense of future vision - the impelling conviction of those who were to survive that they had a mission to perform, some important work left to do. Survivors of POW camps in Vietnam and elsewhere have reported similar experiences: a compelling, future-oriented vision is the primary force that kept many of them alive.” (Stephen Covey, First Things First, p 103).