The Illusion of Control Prevents Freedom
Those of you who like to feel in control may have difficulty with this one so proceed at the risk of having your perception challenged. I have no control over your agreement or disagreement, I only present what is.
If one truly looks at the circumstance of an event occurring, any event, one can see that we have participation, perhaps even influence and yet no control. Any interpretation to the contrary is to ignore the enormous amount of factors that must concur in order for something to happen.
Any event is merely the confluence of a multiplicity of elements that must either converge or diverge