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Albert Camus

Each of us is a prisoner of something. It might be an ideology, a past failure, others’ visions of and for us, energizing hope, satisfying love, poverty of spirit, hunger for spiritual growth, physical challenges, pain, and the list grows. These imprisonment types can change over time and according to circumstance. As children they might be a special bed time stuffed animal; years later it might be a Camaro. People can be trapped in employment that stifles. The intensity of the imprisonment can vary. It might be a fleeting engagement, acute interest, trained behavior, or obsession. Imprisonment is one way to approach The Guest.

We are all guests on the planet. How do we treat our host? We are all guests in others’ lives. How do we treat them? Antagonize? Support? Intention directs behavior.

Of course, we are born into a set of circumstances peopled by a certain group of people. That is the initial cocoon. Taken from there, we make choices in how we respond to our circumstances. These occur intentionally and also perhaps as “knee-jerk” reactions. Nevertheless, they are our decisions and we are responsible for them.

via a unique lens.

The Algerian War, also known as the Algerian War of Independence or the Algerian Revolution was a war between France and the Algerian National Liberation Front from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria gaining its independence from France. Wikipedia