"Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible."
I am impressed abuot your epistemological approach to the question. Actually it is man asking himself and he has the answer within himself, if only he continues searching within himself. The problem is that the more answers he may get, the more questions that will arise and the process goes up to infinity.
Often times, we encounter challenging and difficult moments in life. I am thus impressed and taken up by the manner in which V. Frankl responds to the question of meaning of life as he says that externally, one may be made to suffer but the good news is that NO ONE CAN TAKE AWAY ONE'S INNER FREEDOM and JOY.
Man's mind frequently travels between boredom and distress. The former is when his resources and skills are underutilized and the latter when they are overutilized. In any of these states a man can survive, if he has a clear idea about his purpose of life.
Based on his own experience and the experiences of others he treated later in his practice, Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose.
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