Albert Camus on How to Rebel
I rebel, therefore, we exist.
"When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a beloved person, you know that a man can have no vocation but to awaken the light on the faces surrounding him. In the depth of the winter, I finally learned within me there lay an invincible summer." — Albert Camus
Why Rebel
The simple answer is: human dignity ought to be preserved.
But life is complex.
I’d rather you feel the allure of being human than intellectualize it.
The sanctity of life avails itself to us when we make the conscious decision to slow down and notice an excited and oblivious child bumping into us when playing, concerned with nothing else but the present moment — being naughty, having fun and hoping no one asks about the homework.
It's seeing a young woman excited for the weekend for she gets to go home and spend time with her little sister after a week full of stressful school assignments.
Or an elderly lady closing up her shop early to go prepare her grandchild's favorite food as he has exams…
