B.2 Pope John Paul II’s Answer to the Problem of Pain
http://www.catholic.com/magazine/articles/a-pope%E2%80%99s-answer-to-the-problem-of-pain
•B.2.6. A Reason to live
•The author Victor Frankel in his book Man’s Search for Meaning describes his horrifying experiences in Nazi concentration camps. He notes that although all the prisoners were in the same material circumstances—the most horrible imaginable—they did not all react in the same way. Some prisoners killed themselves by walking into electrified fences; others clung to life and even found joy despite the atrocities occurring around them daily. What made the difference? One way to put it is that man can endure anything if he has a reason (logos) to live. Conversely, man can endure nothing if he does not.