The chain of cause and effects

When our thoughts or action goes directly against our expectations we come under stress and become anxious. It establishes a chain of cause and effect. With success, the degree of confidence increases. With increased confidence brings our self assurance that we can predict & expect better. When the prediction or expectation fails, stress and anxiety takes over. The death of a child, the loss of an object, of a job, of a hope, of not being able to divorce to marry a more considerate spouse, not being able to timely switch holdings in a security portfolio, not being able to get the right job, not being able to put our children in a better school causes us vastly different levels of anxiety and suffering, but that sense of loss is always felt.

Just imagine a deer running away from a lion. If the lion’s confidence predicts that the deer would always steer to the left, the specie called deer would be wiped out from the face of the earth. Success breeds confidence and confidence breeds predictions. However predictions rarely turn out the way you predict or expect. But you cannot help it. It is natural. It is the tragedy of human condition.

Anticipating an individual’s behaviour let alone anticipating the Human behaviour is a risky business. How far can we successfully predict when we cannot even anticipate our own behaviour? We are a social animal indeed, no better than the lion. We are one of the many species in this world whose members even after calling themselves ‘civilized’ still annihilates one another. Preying on our fellow human was, is, and will be a fundamental right of humanity. On one hand we thrive to live together in peace, on the other we want to reconcile and bridle our violent urge and impulse to kill another. You don’t have to physically kill a man. Look inside the business world and you will know what I mean. Everyone wants to be recognized. Everyone wants to be successful. Everyone wants power. Everyone wants to reach the top. Every one wants to survive. And when the man has a taste of even a wee bit of success –the chain of cause and effects gets rolling.

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