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The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill
a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
You are Sisyphus, condemned by the gods to push a boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down so you can push it up again in an endless cycle of pointless struggle. You are constantly oscillating between tension and release; tension the uphill side, release the downhill side. You might consider the highpoints rightness, but they’re really just a brief respite from not-rightness (as any housewife can tell you, a job well done need always be done again, usually tomorrow). This pulsing tide of tension and release provides the dramatic impetus that keeps you paddling in a random direction at an arbitrary speed on the shoreless sea of nothing forever. In other words, this pattern is the heartbeat of your life.
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"You will never be happy if you continue to search for
what happiness consists of. You will never live if you
are looking for the meaning of life."
Albert Camus was a French-Algerian philosopher, writer, and key figure in existentialism and absurdism. Known for works like The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus, he explored themes of meaninglessness and human freedom. Camus won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1957 for his insightful contributions to modern thought.
