Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life;

Viktor E. Frankl, the physician of the soul who walked through the valley of death in the concentration camps, gave to humanity a truth forged in suffering: “Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated, thus, everyone’s task is unique as his specific opportunity to implement it.” These words, spoken by one who endured the inhumanity of Auschwitz, shine with the power of revelation. They declare that life, even in its darkest hour, has meaning, and that meaning is found in the unique mission entrusted to each soul.

The meaning of this teaching is that no life is a mere accident. Each person, regardless of station, birth, or circumstance, carries within them a singular task that belongs to them alone. It may not be written in books, nor celebrated by nations, but it is sacred nonetheless. A man’s mission might be to raise children with love, to heal the sick, to create beauty, to defend justice, or simply to endure suffering with dignity. Whatever it is, it is his alone, unrepeatable, and irreplaceable. In this mission lies the very purpose of life.

The origin of these words lies in Frankl’s philosophy of logotherapy, born from his survival of the Holocaust. Surrounded by death, stripped of possessions, family, and freedom, he discovered that what sustained life was not comfort, nor pleasure, nor even survival itself, but the conviction that one still had a purpose to fulfill. He saw men waste away when they lost their sense of meaning, and others endure unspeakable hardship when they clung to the belief that their lives, though broken, still had a unique task to complete. From this furnace of despair, Frankl drew his timeless wisdom.

History offers us clear examples. Consider the life of Joan of Arc, a peasant girl with no title, wealth, or education. Yet she believed she had been given a mission to save her people. She carried it out with such courage that she led armies and changed the fate of France. Her life was short, her death cruel, but her mission was unique, unrepeatable, and no other soul could have lived it. Through her story we see the truth of Frankl’s words: every person, no matter how small they seem, is entrusted with a task that no one else can complete.

This teaching also rebukes the temptation to comparison. Many waste their days measuring their lives against the lives of others, wishing for another’s path or despairing of their own. But Frankl reminds us: you cannot be replaced, and your life cannot be repeated. To envy another is to neglect the sacred duty entrusted to you. The world does not need another to repeat someone else’s mission—it needs you to live your own.

O children of tomorrow, learn this well: do not think that only the great or famous carry missions. Every person you meet, from the teacher to the farmer, from the artist to the laborer, bears a purpose written upon their soul. It may be visible or hidden, grand or humble, but it is no less sacred. To honor your mission is to honor life itself, and to deny it is to betray the gift you have been given.

The lesson is clear: seek your unique task and fulfill it with all your strength. Do not ask if it is great in the eyes of the world—ask if it is true to the call placed within you. Live as though your life cannot be replaced, for it cannot. Approach each day as your opportunity to implement that mission, whether through love, creativity, endurance, or service. In this way, you will leave behind not merely a life survived, but a life fulfilled.

Thus let Viktor Frankl’s words resound like a trumpet for the generations: each life has a mission, each soul an irreplaceable task. Live yours with courage, with devotion, with reverence, and you will discover that even suffering can be transformed into meaning, and even fleeting days can echo with eternity. For the measure of a life is not its length, but its faithfulness to its unique and sacred mission.