The Myth of Sisyphus: The most terrible punishment is useless and hopeless labor

When I read "The Myth of Sisyphus", I was a little confused at the beginning and couldn't understand it. It talks about the meaning of life and suicide, which is both absurd and serious. When I couldn't understand, I would temporarily turn to the back and read. What was said at the back was particularly philosophical and full of profound meaning. I instantly fell in love with this book. I reflected on myself. As the Spring Festival was approaching, I felt very confused and there were many unfair things disturbing me. So I couldn’t calm down to read this book. As a result, the author’s words full of wisdom became difficult to understand and uninteresting. Delusional feelings. When I get over it one day, I will reread the first part of "The Myth of Sisyphus". At this moment, I still have lingering fears. I'm already feeling a little depressed. Something like depression seems to be approaching me. I don't want to touch this part of things that are very close to the topic of "suicide" for the time being.

The author Albert Camus, a "Sisyphean" writer, has been fighting to defend human dignity and happiness all his life. As a representative figure of "Absurd Philosophy", "The Myth of Sisyphus" explains the serious philosophical proposition of "suicide" at the beginning. The philosophy is too serious and profound, and I was particularly alarmed when I read it.

There are many causes for a suicide, and generally speaking, the most obvious is not necessarily the most fatal. Few people think twice before committing suicide... The reason why people are unhappy is because they have not read Sisyphus. It seems like it will bring me good news.

?I read three truths about life.

1. The most terrible punishment is useless and hopeless work.

In the myth of Sisyphus, the gods punished Sisyphus by constantly pushing a boulder up the top of a mountain, only for the boulder to roll back down again due to its own weight. Sisyphus went over and over again, painfully pushing the boulder up the mountain. Maybe he is not in pain, he has found the meaning of his life in this infinite process. The gods believe that the most terrible punishment is useless and hopeless work. But the author tells us that pain itself has no meaning, but living is a kind of meaning.

?When a job changes from one day to ten thousand years, no job is without pain. Chinese Taoism says that life is one, life is two, two is life, three, and three is life. Perhaps pain is derived from this logic. Three days ago, I almost resigned in anger. I really couldn't bear it anymore. I asked myself over and over again in my heart: I am like this, why have I become the most annoying version of myself and still have to suffer such torture. I suffered from insomnia for three consecutive days and felt that my life was meaningless and without dignity.

? But what can be done? It's better to lower your head and continue to live as a worker. At the age of forty, the mid-life crisis is a hurdle, and even if I feel that life is heavy, I dare not dream of any freedom. I couldn't be free and easy. Although I thought about it ten thousand times to find the meaning of life, I was squeezed out of my vivid color by the evil work. Freedom is the unreal second in front of the camera. Be handsome beyond this second and continue to find all difficulties.

The most terrible punishment is useless and hopeless work.

2. Insight not only caused his pain, but also achieved his victory. There is no destiny that cannot be overcome with a contemptuous attitude.

Is inner contempt useful? Maybe it helps in some dark moments. It at least points to a way out. We can also despise it through our own hearts and bet our souls. This kind of timely happiness opens a skylight to life and lets in a large amount of light.

One day, the question "why" suddenly appeared. In this boredom with surprise, everything started. "Here we go", this is key. A kind of mechanical life leads to boredom in the end, but boredom also opens up the activities of consciousness. Boredom awakens consciousness and provokes a series of conditions. (Quoted from Absurd Reasoning)

3. Sad people have two reasons for being sentimental: either they are ignorant or they have hope.

Throughout Camus’ many works, absurdity and suicide have always been two inseparable topics. This ultimate understanding, division and growth can indeed find the crux of all life problems. Who would be so stupid as to be ignorant if they did not hold on to hope?

I almost missed this book, but luckily I met it, and luckily I didn’t give up.

I once felt that life was meaningless, until Sisyphus told me the true meaning of life. The truth is this: Living is the meaning of everything!

Let’s go out, look up to the sky and laugh, I want a happy time. There are winners and losers in life, no matter what the future is.