Brave Vesperia, A psychologist once told me, We really don't know anything, if what we learned so far in life was incorrect. So for a fact I can not say whether or not things happen for a reason, because I don't know. Also I can relate to your brother (not implying I know how your brother behaves) in way how I act around others, people in my life at school who don't know me think I am childish, or act like a child, but what they don't understand is that I am able to be myself. And express myself through my imagination. And my friends that know me think highly of me, since my imagination helps me excel in classes that require creativity such as physics and math, and coming up with stories in language class. I enjoy what you said at the end of your sentence: "it wouldn't be fun if everyone though the same exact way, now would it?" I can relate, because when playing black 2, then white 2 the story felt uninteresting because I knew it already.
It really helps me with my need of knowing different perspectives. 
