There is a certain part of me that longs to reduce as much of the world as possible to the seemingly simple rule of cause and effect. I want to be able to know how to achieve particular effects, and I want to be able to rest easy in the faith that specific consequences will follow from various actions. Intellectually, I understand (and will even argue) that this is not the case, but that hardly matters when it comes to living my own life.
It occurs to me that much of the unfairness I perceive around me boils down to this gap, between knowing how things work and wishing how they might instead work.
"It occurs to me that much of the unfairness I perceive around me boils down to this gap, between knowing how things work and wishing how they might instead work."
My sentiments exactly.
I remember all of my young life being very impatient with people who didn't keep up with me on mental stuff. I was in junior high school before I realized - for real - that I was the one who was different. Us different ones often bear the burden the gap.