Further Up and Further In

I fully admit that I am a black and white kind of person. Someone who functions well with cause and effect and who is deeply justice-oriented in all things. Which in my mind means that x + y = z every time. If a = b x c, then it does. As much as I don't like math, numbers will turn out the same result every time. You can mess with the numbers all you want but they will not come out differently than their inherent value within the equation. Unsurprisingly, it doesn't work that way with people. There are thousands of variations, possibilities, and unforeseen circumstances, much of it human and some of it divine. So what happens when x + y doesn't equal z? What about when you end up with a different answer and now you don't know how to react or what to do or say?  In the last few years, I have struggled with doing the right thing but not getting the desired results. I did what I know and believe is the right thing. Why didn't the other person say 'sorry, that was w...