We often wonder why we exist, why earth is our home or even what is the purpose in life. These are the type of questions that makes us wonder what is the essential nature of life. So what if i told you that life has no meaning but it is humans who have the freedom to see the weight in their lives with a different attitude to find meaning and be truly fulfilled. We are born first and we need to decide what is our meaning in life; existentialism is the term that refers to this theology. To live a great life we all agree that happiness is not the answer. Why? Because happiness is temporary and if you think about it it will always go back to same level; it can be misleading. Finding meaning and value in your life is what will make you satisfied and therefore fulfilled. So if you have meaning in your life you can't have happiness? No it is not necessarily true but you do have to suffer and take the weight because this is the way were at the end you find value in what you have accomplished or suffered for. The myth of sisyphus talks about the problem of finding meaning and value in an absurd world, the basic human issue of the philosophical school known as Existentialism. To explain a little more it i is more about being able to imagine there is meaning in what you do to fill your heart, it depends on you how you see things in your life. For instance an easy example is people who see no meaning in taking certain classes at school because they believe it won't help them for the future. The important thing is what if you change your attitude towards that class and find a meaning in it, your perspective will change and see life in a positive and meaningful way. As we have seen, both the presence and absence of life (death) give rise to the condition: it is absurd to continually seek meaning in life when there is none, and it is absurd to hope for some form of continued existence after death given that the latter results in our extinction. But Camus also thinks it absurd to try to know, understand, or explain the world, for he sees the attempt to gain rational knowledge as futile. Example carrying heavy rocks up a cliff we see it as something not purposeful to us but if we find meaning in it and give it a purpose we can use it to give us freedom. Revolved, passion and freedom is key to fulfillment. Ikea effect, when you have to work for something you find more meaning in it. For instance, creating a business you must suffer, fail and get stressed a lot of times but at the end you are not doing it to be happy and have a great life. The main purpose is to add value to a community and therefore bring fulfilment to you. In the other hand not everyone has the capacity to find meaning in life through their own ways, these people escape through it by suicide. Suicide doesn't come from lack of happiness it is proven that instead people who commit suicide are those who are surrounded by people who have value in their lives and Suicide can become a solution to the absord. People have the freedom to decide to end their lives because they don’t find meaning in continuing it. Also think about religion, some people find meaning by faith, they see religion such as god as the purpose in life and this is something standardized for many people. At the end the pursuit for meaning is greater than the search for happiness. You choose what you get weight on and what is light in your life. Life has a different meaning for each person and it is up to you to find it through the sacrifices you make or the weight you put in your life. It always depends on you attitude towards what you do in life and see everything as an opportunity to grow and find value in the long run. Nothing is permanent but everything matters.
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