It's easier to see life as a narrative than as a series of chances, risks and potential failures. Concepts of destiny excuse feelings of superiority that come about from not recognising the work of others in your successes, and thinking that failure is more than misfortune.

We fear difference and are selfish, we falsely think we have only so much care to give but care is not a finite recourse. The things we accumulate and use up for our own gain however are finite recourses. We could make this world salubrious for all, now and for future generations