I'm really interested in learning about what school of thought people tend to follow, so why don't we try and start a discussion about philosophy!
My favorite philosopher is probably Camus. I read a lot of his works as I was going through a pretty rough time in my life, and his concepts of absurdity really rung true with me. I especially liked how, even though he claimed the world was absurd and meaningless, he still encouraged people to seek happiness for both themselves and others. I feel like this ties in with Sen no Rikyu's ideas involving finding higher meaning in simple things.
When I was 22 I attempted suicide and wound up in hospital and for the next year I walked around in a daze wanting not to be alive anymore.
On a rainy London day in the midst of that haze, I wandered into Foyle's. I headed to the coffee shop on the third floor. There was a display of copies of Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus. I opened it...
... and didn't close it until I'd finished reading every word.
And I sort of got my life back on track after that.
So, yeah. I agree with you, Formerly_Me and deepflows, on Camus.