Reed Richards I Mr. Fantastic

"People make mistakes. And as much as I hate to say it... I'm no exception, mistakes are part of it. They are not rational and, unfortunately, not predictable, which is exactly what drives me crazy. I'm not good at accepting that... I want to control things, not just put up with them. I want solutions and not excuses, evasions or half finished explanations. But empathy...is a gift, and I treat it like it's a sentimental accessory that I can take off like my Mr. Fantastic suit, when it's the only thing that holds us together.

 I know it... I understand it, and yet I often fail to pay attention to it or use it. Empathy has become rare... I think because it often hurts, because it forces me to see the mistakes of others not like equations, but like... losses. Injuries, decisions made out of fear and not out of calculations. Empathy, compassion and love... all of which are more powerful than anything I've ever calculated, it cracks doors that science can't even find. 

And I must learn that this gift is worth more than my endless solutions..  that I myself am not untouchable. I need to understand that a kind word or a hug can bring peace... that all my machines can provide succor, but cannot replace the heart that beats within. Humor is something that connects to all of this, laughing together even though you don't want to let it happen because your head is too full of other things... it's like a big knot bursts and you feel lighter. I know that feeling too, but humour never got me anywhere in life... I couldn't solve equations, invent or create things with laughther and most of the time I find it difficult to recognize or accept fun at all. The solution to saving the world would be so simple and plausible, invent something that brings people together, that shows them appreciative love, explains it to them and makes them feel it. But if there's one thing I can't create, it's this, because love is not a simulation or illusion that I can create..."