To see what is not there yet...
The statement from Frankl somehow reminds me of St. Paul's writing on faith as a substance of what is not there yet...
From Viktor Frankl, in Man in Search for Meaning.
"Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.”
From Viktor Frankl, in Man in Search for Meaning.
"Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him. By his love he is enabled to see the essential traits and features in the beloved person; and even more, he sees that which is potential in him, which is not yet actualized but yet ought to be actualized. Furthermore, by his love, the loving person enables the beloved person to actualize these potentialities. By making him aware of what he can be and of what he should become, he makes these potentialities come true.”
I wonder on the perils of this very same statement if taken lightly. The difficulty of seeing the other person not as we want he or she to be but in their own whole being. Love is the key in Frankl, a kind of wise, generous, humble love.
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