Cosmic Joke

2001:A space Odyssey by Kubrick is one of the most intriguing
masterpiece.

It has a tormenting question:How absurd is human existence ?

Its like that rabbit chasing that carrot till eternity.
The milestones we set for ourself,
saying to ourself, if I get this.I will be happy.

But when we achieve that milestone,
we take it for granted in some fleeting moments,the happiness fades away.
And we are struck in the same vicious circle.

I know this is what growth,development is.
But then,Isnt it a futile exercise ?

While we are self-absorbed in our existence,conditioned to function guided by society-norms to live within alloted time-frame and then fade away in void.

An almost impending question hangs over head is :
Why in this huge,untraversable universe a small speck called earth
exists,on time-frame of earth we have
just gained consciousness ?
Although its obvious,how fragile
is human existence in outer-space ?
Just one asteriod-shower,one climatic change,one nuke-war and whole human
existence will be wiped out.

Its a huge cosmic Joke the way i see it.
I would like to end with a quote from
Albert Camus's essay The Myth of Sisyphus
"much of our life is built on the hope for tomorrow yet tomorrow brings us closer to death and is the ultimate enemy; people live as if they didn't know about the certainty of death; once stripped of its common romantizations, the world is a foreign, strange and inhuman place; true knowledge is impossible and rationality and science cannot explain the world".

On lighter note,whenever I am down.
I think about this inevitable,impending and intriguing question all my troubles
seem insignificant.