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My daughter recommended that I watch the cartoon "Klaus". By the way, it was awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Film. It took me a long time to get ready, but two weeks ago I finally watched it. I liked the cartoon. This is a truly logotherapeutic plot. Everything according to Viktor Frankl: - solving problems that life poses; - finding through them both meaning and our best manifestation; - through others we change ourselves, just as we influence others; - turning towards freedom , and not in the direction of fate. The plot is as follows. The postal magnate, having lost hope of weaning his son Jesper from an idle life with his usual methods, sends him to the northern city of Smeerensburg, where the rest of the postal workers did not stay. And no wonder. In addition to the harsh climate, the city is distinguished by harsh morals. No one is friends there, no one goes to school, no one goes to visit each other. There is anger, darkness, and a desire to do bad things to each other in the city. Jesper would gladly leave there, but his father set a condition: he will return his son home and his idle life if only he turns over 6,000 letters. It is with this message that one of the main heroes began their activities in the city. He did not tear out the hair on his head and write tearful letters to his father, but turned towards freedom: “What can I do?” Jesper noticed that children were interested in mail. And he began to think: how can they be attracted to write a lot of letters? He found a toy maker, Klaus, who, however, had not made toys for a long time due to the death of his wife. But there are a lot of toys in Klaus's house. And Jesper began giving toys to children in return for writing. And then put it in the room at night. From Klaus. Raising children also came up immediately. The children needed to do good deeds, as Klaus looked at who behaved how. And I didn’t bring gifts to those who chose bad behavior. Jesper didn’t forget about himself either: he asked Klaus to put something tasty for him when he arrived. To write letters, you had to be literate. But not all children knew how to read and write. And here the skills of a former teacher who came to teach the children came in handy, but no one needed it. And she began selling fish to raise money, leaving this terrible city as quickly as possible. But the girl is given a chance to do what she loves. After all, children themselves want to learn! They don't need to be forced. And she, at first resisting, is then drawn into the process. And even all the money he has saved up to leave, he uses to renovate the premises in which he teaches and lives. And Klaus pulled himself up, emerging from the shackles of his grief, delivering toys with Jesper at night. And then, starting to make them again. So, starting with a completely rational and mercantile desire to “leave the city quickly and start an idle life again,” Jesper comes to the conclusion that life in the city is changing. Changes through children! Which, by doing good deeds while studying at school, awaken in parents the desire to do good deeds, communicate with neighbors, with other townspeople. And as the hero of the cartoon “Eighty Days Around the World” said: By helping others, we help ourselves. And it doesn’t matter anymore: whether they will give you toys for it or not. When people felt that living THIS way was much better, richer, more interesting, happier. And Jesper, by acting, changing the situation in the city, changes himself. He becomes sympathetic, kind, caring, active, and psychologically mature. And he finds his happiness with the teacher. When the father comes to pick up his son (after all, he set records for postal turnover), he decides to stay in the city. The city became so much like home for Jesper. Because a lot of love, strength, and warmth were invested in it. Because here he discovered his meaning of life, and not on silk sheets in idleness. Here he met love and started a family. Here I saw and noticed the beauty of many people. In our activities, filled with the meaning of solving everyday problems, and not with our inactivity. Likewise, we do not always come to our goal in a direct way. We don’t always know exactly where to go. But if we solve the problems of every day and take an interest in what is happening, then we can