There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong. HL Mencken
Some people sit in libraries or their studies reading books and deriving theories about how things should work and how other people should think and act.
Mencken’s thought reminded me of a saying that undereducated people develop simplistic answers to complicated problems, while overeducated people develop complicated answers to simple problems.
Some problems are simple problems requiring simple solutions.
Many times problems are messy requiring compromise and rethinking. The solutions may not satisfy everyone.
We need to learn to live in a world without perfection. Living within paradox has some tension but in the long run is most satisfying.
Faith Venture 
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