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A concept discovered by Viktor Frankl. He survived the concentration camps, by clinging to a purpose to live. He also wrote a book about this. http://www.amazon.com/The-Will-Meaning-Foundations-Applications/dp/0142181269
The basic principle of "will to meaning" is that above all natural human drives (hunger, sex, pleasure, fear) that human beings have a "drive to find meaning in things." We search for meaning and significance in life, and when we can't find any, we create it. If we don't find meaning in life, we fall into depression and give up (die), or commit suicide (also die). Frankl implies that having a "why" to live is of the utmost importance.
The concept can also be summed up best by a Friedrich Nietzsche quote:
>“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche
Apply this quote to the Nazi concentration camps, and how Frankl survived, and you can really see how this makes perfect sense.
you might find this book interesting: Will to Meaning