By Dr. Saleem Sergio Sartre, a famous French philosopher, was once approached by a young man who wanted to know what he must do with his life. Sartre’s reply was as simple as it was evasive: “You are free, choose; that is, invent.” When Sartre was later on questioned about the reason for his answer, he replied: “If he comes to ask your advice, it is because he has already chosen the answer. Practically, I should have been very well able to give him some advice. But as he was seeking freedom, I wanted to let him decide. Besides, I knew what he was going to do, and that is what he did.” With his answer, the philosopher stood by what he had always proclaimed: human beings are condemned to freedom. We must continually invent, or reinvent, ourselves. Sartre was an existentialist, which means that his philosophy focused on freedom and commitment. To him, in a world that seeks objectivity, the only thing left is the probable, the doubt, and the inquiring self. To him and others li