Victor Frankl on Youtube

78% of American youngsters express concerns of finding meaning and purpose in their lives.
The realistic view of man.
I believe that , today, many Americans find meaning in consumer choice ( and therefore they find meaning in work).
many Americans find meaning in family , friends , and environment.
Earned money and wages is a resources for consumer choice. and that makes money and work meaningful.
Want to donate to your favorite environmental or Human Cause ? If its not your own manpower , then its the money donated for others to do the work.

what if one has no or little money or wages?

 II The meaning in Pain
a man or me have the power to turn tragedy into human triumph.
the lessons of Auschwitz.

A man is never fully free of conditions.
Man has the freedom to react to a situations, even if only by attitude.

III The conditions of today.
These last three decades has given rise to the hacker. Engineers and freelancers who have built robots , and hackers who have seem to have only one motive. destruction of earth ! Acts of torture and cruelty are on the rise because of the ease of access. Major Cable monopolies run news networks of deliberate misinformation.
Too add to these man made conditions, the world finds itself trying to deal with a global biological threat COVID-19 Coronavirus.

Conditions of the days include a  disturbing man made will to manipulate and/or destroy humanbeings  and wildlife. the governments of the world have  now accepted a serial killer mentality as the norm of Engineering, especially in Artificial Intelligence and Communications.  Where does one find meaning in  a world with such poor leaders?

There is plenty of suffering today and in the future.

The previous mentioned  along with new Bio-threats are the conditions we live with.  Frankl believe that man generally looks for meaning in times of crisis.

Meaning can be constructive or destructive , especially with out any  Canon of  reward or consequence . To serve or to ask “what life ask of me ” poses , to me , an unsatisfying answer per se.   For me, Chris – ,   Buddhism   disposals of suffering , and the practical daily   meaning that William James  wrote of , are more satisfying . meaning is an attribute of practice , or abstention in the present condition – 
The AWARENESS and   cultivation of personal definitions  maybe what logotherapy is really about for  client. the methods are logic , scientific and/or  “dialog” based.

IV Further investigations 

feeling of useless and meaningless  can Intensify in  Crisis.  Reacting in ways that fullfill  “meaning ” , can  be both toxic or fullfilling.  Frankl  explores this with intent that a client finds fulfilling or satisfying  meaning .

The following youtube video explores the notions of  ” reality” or “truth  handled by the existentialist , phenomenologist  and scientist.