What I also wanted to say: … as the fog of my youth slowly lifted a long time ago and I began to think, the questions also arose: Who am I, and why am I here? Is there a meaning to life, or is it governed solely by chance?
Am I grain of sand in the Sahara, which moves when the wind blows? Or am I the creation of a higher power that has given me a purpose? For a grain of sand, I am probably far too complex. Can chance accomplish that? Creation is so beautiful and so ingenious; I cannot attribute my life to chance. But who is this ‘higher power’?
Grat faith includes doubt. Can I make a choice? I probably must, because my life needs a plan. If I am a grain of sand, it is simple: I stay still and wait for the wind. If I believe in a higher power—God—it would be good to know what He wants from me. A new search begins. If He made me, He probably loves me. What does He want? He proably cares for my well-being. But when are you truly well? Who provides the answer?
The words of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry from The Little Prince come to mind: the greatest joy of a person is the joy that arises in another person, which, through my actions or the joy created in the other, returns to me as my own joy! Has the meaning of life been found?
A long time ago I asked myself, who I am. I at least now have an inkling of why I am.
Austrian Doctors – the happiness of being able to help and the joy of giving to those who are in the dark.
Yours
Dr. Werner Waldmann
Founder and Honorary Chairman of Austrian Doctors
