"sociology…is different for all because each must find a way to live in a world that threatens even while it provides. grace is never cheap. in the end, what remains is that we all have a stake in the world. like it or not, life is always life together. social living is the courage to accept what we cannot change in order to do what can be done about the rest"

Sociology is in deed different for every person, but it can follow some parallel lines. Where we grow up and under what circumstances can give a clue to our future behavior. But we must not rely on that. Factors we would never know or ask about can change some predicted behavior. Even a comment made to a ten year old child by a parent can propel that child in a direction completely unknown.