Through my struggles in high school, I found solace in the great philosophers of the past. From Aurelius in Meditations, I learned our minute place in the grand cosmos that we inhabit, and through the disordered thoughts of Pascal in Pensees, I acknowledged the importance of independent reasoning and logic to accompany my philosophies. Yet, it was not these that I found the most comfort in. Amid my youthful crises, the Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus taught me to realize the great absurdity of life and why the lack of meaning we humans experience, and the consciousness through which we realize this, is ultimately our greatest gift. To many, this lack of meaning is a painful reality that furthers their hopelessness. To absurdists, however, this deficiency has driven humankind to its greatest historical and artistic heights. The conqueror has carved out his place in history through many means, from generous philanthropy to ruthless conquest, aware that he lacks meaning and, for this reason, must create his own. In a different sense, Don Juan lacked meaning, but instead of falling into desperation, he embraced his inner passions, not desiring fame in the annals of history like the conqueror but mortal pleasures on this Earth through seduction. The fact that there is no objective meaning clouds the judgments of countless people and makes them forget that there is an Earth to discover and an existence to experience. Teenagers, new to the harsh realities of life and the burden of inevitable adulthood, are especially susceptible to the nihilistic thought that because we lack meaning, life is useless. Similarly, Sisyphus could view his meaning as equally useless, spending eternity in Tartarus plagued with the useless task of rolling a colossal stone up a large hill while knowing it would simply roll back down. As Camus clarifies, his task is not truly meaningless. When the boulder rolls back down, Sisyphus uses the consciousness gifted to all mankind to contemplate his fate. Through reading it, teenagers and humankind can realize that the Myth of Sisyphus answers a timeless philosophical question we all have contemplated. They will realize that the answer lies not in an objective meaning to their existence but in the simple fact that, through their consciousness, they exist simply to make the best of their lives.