Thank you, Andre, for that detailed and eloquent reply. You should publish that as a Story on Medium. Sorry for the late response, I was traveling.

I agree with you that we humans tend to demand that reality conform to our desires and expectations. We should instead be altering our expectations to match reality. Much better to learn to live with nature than trying to dominate it out of frustration and selfishness.

Are you familiar with the philosophy of Henri Bergson? From what you write, you may find him interesting. I wrote this short introduction to his thinking: https://medium.com/inserting-philosophy/the-forgotten-brilliance-of-henri-bergson-8c33f79794c8