"Camus"

lobb152lobb152 Posts: 193
I feel that this experience is absurd. The habits and rituals we partake in everyday, to what end. To what purpose is the rut that we dig for ourselves; no different than an endless grave. To those that say they live vivaciously and free everyday; you are simply living in a rut with the boundaries expanded. This is not a message of despair, though, however it may seem. Instead it is simply a question of whether or not this life is worth experiencing. To those who may be thinking of parting ways I say to you that this life is worth living. However high or low your station in life, the truth is, you matter. No matter how much you feel the Fear: that dread, that sense of doom that pulls you away; do not despair. You must let go of ego and pride. Become a sapling that bends with the wind. After the storm realize that you will gaze upon the world with a new sense of wonder and awe. Like a child who witnesses a bird first take flight.

I have often wondered if we are truly free or simply cogs in a machine of destiny. Are we truly the authors of blank pages. Within that emptiness the possibilities are infinite. That gave me comfort; that life was mine to write and not simply read to me. As I have gotten older I cannot help but feel that there is something greater at work; that we are apart of a machine. This sadden me until I realized that while we might be a part of something not of our own choosing; that unlike Gestalt theory, perhaps it is the sum of the parts that makes the whole greater. In this respect, while we might be a part of the machine we can still influence the end product or purpose. In this sense what we do in life; the choices we make, the compassion we show and the wisdom we share become eternal.

We do not have to live in scorn as Sisyphus does continuously rolling his rock; happy as he may be. Instead sit upon the hill as the stone with determination, concluding all is well.
I am a nothing dreaming of something unknown.
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,410
    I agree that life is worth living and I'd add that it's worth living with people! Maybe the thing we all call fate is some kind of huge creative machine? Maybe the whole point is to learn how to operate the large mechanism? (And maybe the point is to notice that there are certain people that fit in our own creative machine?)

    I don't know, but I've been feeling like we have more power to put the distant invisible pieces in motion than I had previously thought. :eh:
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