I read as”is the letter of one patient, a relatively young man, in which he shared with his friend the sad news he had just learned that no operation him no more help and that his life is long. And then he writes that in this moment remembered a long time ago had seen the film, the hero of which calmly and bravely, worthy of going to his death. Then, under the fresh impression, he thought, the ability to meet death is merely “a gift from heaven”. And now fate gave him a chance…
One famous Persian walking one day in the garden, accompanied by the servants. And that’s servant, assuring him that he was seeing now Death, which he was in, and begged him to give him the fastest horse so that he was able dart away from here and already in the evening be in Tehran. The boss gave him a horse, and the servant galloped off. Returning home, the owner himself saw Death and asked: “Why so scared of my servant and threatened him?” “Not at all, “said Death, “I’m not scared of him, I’m surprised that he’s still here, because I want to meet him tonight in Tehran”.
by Viktor Frankl