I teach in a diverse human biosphere. There are people of all ilks, types, and genres -- with an endlessly diverse set of obstacles, problems and deficits in their lives.
Why is it that some people get loads of obstacles set in front of them -- while others get only a very few. I have known well a woman who was the victim of incest, then drug abuse, alcoholism, and now the gritty remains of all the previous problems. These problems have caused social difficulties, self-esteem issues, and a complete failure to form healthy relationships on an intimate level. The problems themselves must have fed upon each other until finally the chance for a normal life was gone.
This same woman had "relationships" that quickly became bizarre (or at least uncomfortable by normal standards) and did not ever result in the fulfillment of the happy expectations of a fuller life. This woman even became "lost" in her own partial fulfillment and angry about inadequacies at the same time. For the reformed alcoholic there is no rest; no expectation of ease about the problem. The fear of breakdown is always present. For one who has turned to religion -- any doubt is "of the devil," shows evil, or at the best is a noxious challenge to one's known truth.
As for me I was never ever trying to challenge someone else's truth -- I only know what I am, and what I hope for; and I understand and accept the weaknesses of my own knowledge. How could I do other?
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