As humans we are creatures of habit. We adapt to our daily routine: waking up, going to work, studying, etc. Sometimes, we have moments of clarity that temporarily interrupt these routines, these junctures of time provoke you to contemplate your own existence. If there is no meaning or purpose in life, our existence is absurd. Our aspirations for ourselves will cease, and so will those of the next generations, and so on until everything ceases. Our existence is a reflection of that of Sisyphus, always pushing the boulder up the mountain without ever truly completing the task, it is the way we function with an awareness of our own absurdity and making life worth living. The legend of Sisyphus and his fate is an echo of ours. Sisyphus was a very wise mortal who was condemned by the gods. They punished him with a never-ending absurd task. Sisyphus was forced to roll a boulder up a mountain, and once he reached the top, the boulder would roll down. Sisyphus would then have to attempt to complete the task again and achieve the same results for eternity. Readers feel sympathy for Sisyphus because he has no control over his actions and reminds us of our own habits, we like Sisyphus are condemned to repeat useless tasks until our lives come to an end, our sense of eternity. The philosopher Albert Camus writes about absurdity in his essay The Myth of Sisyphus. He believes the myth of Sisyphus is an echo of our own stories. We are slaves to our own habits, until one day we awaken our awareness: “In certain moments of lucidity, the mechanical aspect of their gestures, their senseless pantomime makes everything around them silly” (Klemke & Cahn 75) . Once our conscious mind awakens within us, we suffer…halfway through the paper…and when it arrives, we repeat the process. However, lowering our expectations about life or living life just for the sake of living is unattractive and unproductive. Feinberg offers the best solution: make your life the best it can be. By realizing your life you are giving it a subjective point. Even though the point won't matter after your death, you lived a better life than others. The legend of Sisyphus is an echo of our own because we as human beings will not realize all our ambitions and the world will not fulfill all our desires. Therefore, we should try to improve our life and make it useful. In a sense, by realizing life, we will also complete Camus' vision that life continues despite its uselessness and we are free to realize our purpose. Works Cited Klemke, E. D. and Steven M. Cahn. The Meaning of Life: A Reader. New York: Oxford UP, 2008. Print.