The 4Cs: Case of "Cause-Consequence-Confusion-Cycle"

Though we frequently say "don't confuse cause and effect", many a times, it's difficult to understand whether the something is a cause or a consequence. At times each one feeds to the other to form a cycle.

A few examples

• Chicken & Egg
• Supply & Demand
• Poverty & Illiteracy
• [some people] Success & Being motivated
• [few others] Success & Failure
• [few more] Diffidence & Failure
  
• Happiness & Helping others
• Happiness & Having fun
  
• Mistakes & Frustration
• Anger & Unhappiness
• Learning & Being Passionate
• Learn & Experience (oh, that's why they call "learning experience!?")
  
• A little different: Love & Marriage
  
• In relationships: Talking & (mis)understanding
  
• Friends & Celebrations

In many cases, it's very tough to halt the cycle, once it starts (be it positive or negative) - The key is to realize how & when to break (for negative) or feed (for positive) the cycle to make it favorable for us and others.