What is the key to finding true happiness, in a world where the choices we make, all to often turn into stories of failure and regret, rather than prosperity and success? In the ancient myth “The Myth of Sisyphus”, the poem “The Road Not Taken”, by Robert Frost, and the sufi tale “When the Waters Changed”, we discover that true fulfilment is not based on making the “right” choices, but finding the bright side of every choice.
The Myth of Sisyphus doesn’t just relate to my own life, but the lives of all people, and the characteristics of human nature. Two of the main metaphors, the rock and the mountain, represent two of each individuals main building blocks of life — our hopes and dreams, and the road to accomplishing these. The rock represent …show more content…
“The Road Not Taken” and “When the waters Changed” are especially connected. Both texts emphasise that it is how we choose to view the outcome of the choices we make that ultimately determines whether or not we find happiness. We should always look on the bright side and live with no regrets. “The Myth of Sisyphus” is different from the other texts as it focuses more on the fact that you shouldn’t let setbacks stop you from reaching for your goals. The rock will always roll back down sooner or later, and in life we won’t always be on top. The fact that he kept trying shows his happiness, albeit short-lived, would always be well worth his efforts. If Sisyphus wasn’t content with this choice, he wouldn’t put himself through that process over and over again. Sisyphus and the man in “When the Waters Changed” were both faced with two similar choices, to keep pushing through for what they believed in, or to settle at the bottom and surrender. Unlike Sisyphus, the man in “When the Waters Changed” who was forced to make the choice between staying true to his beliefs, or become one of the others, decided that the struggle was not worth it. He made the conscious decision to drink the new water, and as he found a way to make peace with this choice, happiness found him. This proves, that as we learned in “The Road Not Taken”, it doesn’t really matter what road you choose to take, as long as we make peace with the choices we’ve made, and learn to see the bright side of what ever outcome the road you’ve chosen has led you to, and learn to look back with no regrets, true fulfilment will
The Myth of Sisyphus doesn’t just relate to my own life, but the lives of all people, and the characteristics of human nature. Two of the main metaphors, the rock and the mountain, represent two of each individuals main building blocks of life — our hopes and dreams, and the road to accomplishing these. The rock represent …show more content…
“The Road Not Taken” and “When the waters Changed” are especially connected. Both texts emphasise that it is how we choose to view the outcome of the choices we make that ultimately determines whether or not we find happiness. We should always look on the bright side and live with no regrets. “The Myth of Sisyphus” is different from the other texts as it focuses more on the fact that you shouldn’t let setbacks stop you from reaching for your goals. The rock will always roll back down sooner or later, and in life we won’t always be on top. The fact that he kept trying shows his happiness, albeit short-lived, would always be well worth his efforts. If Sisyphus wasn’t content with this choice, he wouldn’t put himself through that process over and over again. Sisyphus and the man in “When the Waters Changed” were both faced with two similar choices, to keep pushing through for what they believed in, or to settle at the bottom and surrender. Unlike Sisyphus, the man in “When the Waters Changed” who was forced to make the choice between staying true to his beliefs, or become one of the others, decided that the struggle was not worth it. He made the conscious decision to drink the new water, and as he found a way to make peace with this choice, happiness found him. This proves, that as we learned in “The Road Not Taken”, it doesn’t really matter what road you choose to take, as long as we make peace with the choices we’ve made, and learn to see the bright side of what ever outcome the road you’ve chosen has led you to, and learn to look back with no regrets, true fulfilment will