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Control Is Impossible In A World of Chaos
It was the other day while my Dad was cutting the grass that I noticed something.
It may seem trivial and obvious, but I’m sure it’s something many of us have not thought about on a deep level. No matter how many times the grass is cut, it will always grow back.
It may grow back slower than last time, it may grow back faster than before, but no matter what, it will grow back.
As humans, we have an innate desire to control things. My back garden is a crude example, but it is a poignant one nonetheless.
Were my Dad to let the grass grow, he would be considered filthy and untidy by neighbours, yet this is what grass does. Regardless of human intervention, it grows.
It is only because humans desire control over the grass, to mould it to our own desires, that we cut it. If it was an untended plot of land, the grass would be left to its own devices.
What I realised by watching my Dad cut the grass was that we desire control in a world of chaos. This is an impossibility, yet every day, we strive for it.
Chaos is the natural order of things, so why do we rebel against it?
Chaos Theory
It’s human nature to want to control things.
