Camus famously proposed the thought experiment: the Myth of Sisyphus.. It is our resolution to stay happy and imagine Sisyphus is doing so.
I won’t imagine Sisyphus is happy. Two core pillars for my happiness: love and freedom are missing from Sisyphus’s situation. The perpetual task of boulder lifting, alone by oneself, won’t support my peace with being, and pursuit for meaning.
I like Camus a lot. However, I do not think Camus went through the same struggle some of us may do. His acceptance on absurdism and resolution to rebel seems with modest, if not less, struggle.
Should Sisyphus be happy ?