Man’s search for meaning. Victor Frankel.

As each situation in life represents a challenge to man and presents a problem for him to solve, the question of the meaning of life may actually be reversed.    Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is,  but rather recognise that it is he who is asked.   In a word, each man is questioned by life; to life he can only respond by being responsible….responsibleness is the very essence of human existence.

So one should not search for an abstract meaning of life.   Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfilment.   Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated.   Thus, everyone’s task is as unique as is there specific opportunity to implement it.

Victor Frankl  “Man’s search for meaning”