What Two Cartoon Characters and a French Dude Taught Me About Life

I haven't been on this planet very long. Part of me feels like I've kinda coasted, or stumbled, through most of it. It wasn't until I got to a more 'stable' place in my life that I began to question the meaning of everything. It's one of life's great mysteries isn't it? Why are we here? I mean, are we the product of some cosmic coincidence, or is there really a God watching everything? You know, with a plan for us and stuff. I don't know, man, but it keeps me up at night. Why are we here? Just to suffer? If you got either of those references, mad props to you. I feel like my quarter-life crisis was just full of existential quandaries. I started diving into various religious understandings and philosophies, racking my brain trying to find something that fit. Then along came some French guy yappin' about Greek Mythology. Good ol' Albert Camus steps in and basically says "none of this shit has any meaning, so just try and live life in spite of it!" He understands the tension between a…