The Importance of Assigning Meaning to Life's Events

摘要

The issue of assigning meaning to life events was first raised by one of my teachers. He was a psychiatrist and the course director for that discipline. I met him during my second year of medical school. He was a captivating lecturer. After sitting through countless hours and what seemed to be an endless array of basic science courses, it was refreshing to be able to attend to an instructor without much effort. He was that type of a speaker.