Cosmic Metronome

I had this thought today during music practice with my husband: why doesn't the universe provide us with a metronome to solve world problems?

For years my husband and I have quarreled over our music. At times it's been so intense we've had to put down the pipes and fiddle until the ugly feelings went away. "You're speeding up. No, you are. You're missing a beat. No, you're just playing the wrong version." On and on.

Now, in retirement, we have committed ourselves to playing every day for at least an hour. We've brought in an old friend, the metronome. We wired it to some speakers so it's loud and assertive. Gradually, the steady beat guides our attention away from the old complaints and focuses our attention on our own music-making. Slowly a new and harmonious partnering is possible as the steady beat becomes our guide and natural arbitrator.

Where on earth/in human nature is the cosmic metronome that would steady the pulse of human relations; that would channel the energy of blame and argument and disperse it into self-examination and self-correction, with the aim toward achieving harmony? I don't know. I'm just wondering.