One Must Imagine Sisyphus Happy
“Man starts over again everyday, in spite of all he knows, against all he knows.” ― Emil Cioran A few weeks back, I was sitting in the food court of a mall with some friends having Taco Bell and I had just finished reading 'Nausea' by Jean-Paul Sartre. In the book's Afterword, the editor mentioned Albert Camus drawing comparisons and parallels between the two greats. The editor also mentioned the famous conclusion from Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus - one must imagine Sisyphus happy. This thought was left lingering in my mind. I carried it with me for a few days until that evening in that food court where I saw something which etched it permanently in my brain. I had a moment of epiphany. I saw a woman who was not well; you could see she was suffering physically just by the look of her. She was handed over a tray of food from a shop and struggled to hold it together. Her hands were shaking and a person standing next to her had to support the tray so it did not fall on the...