Kuala Lampur, Oct. 15 -- Every now and then, I find myself caught in the web of trying to make sense of things. Why people behave the way they do. Why plans fall apart. Why some prayers are answered and others are not. The world, if you look closely, refuses to be simple.

And maybe that is the point.

We like to think that peace of mind comes from clarity, that if we could just understand why, the world would feel lighter. But I have learnt that peace often comes from the opposite - from accepting that much of life will remain fantastically strange and complex.

You can spend your whole life chasing explanations and still end up restless. Sometimes, things happen that have no neat logic to them. You meet someone by chance who changes you...