No way! The essential thing about life is you never know what's coming around the corner - whether it be good or bad. It's what creates our life, our experiences and shapes our character. If I knew my future I'd be fretting or waiting for it to happen and not focusing on the 'now'.
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If you could know every detail of your future
... would you want to?
Started by Alienated Being , Nov 13 2012 03:59 PM
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Started by Alienated Being , Nov 13 2012 03:59 PM
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 08:03 PM
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 08:10 PM
If you know something is going to happen and can't change it your just going to go around worrying about it. If it involves something someone is going to do to you your going to go around hating on them before they do what it is that makes you hate them.
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 08:50 PM
Going back to the OP, it's just occurred to me that if I was reduced to listening to Culture Club then I wouldn't want to have a future of any kind!
"Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel, ac gecnáwan þín gefá!": "Fate goes ever as she shall, but know thine enemy!".
"I was born with a priceless gift - the ability to laugh at other peoples' troubles" - Dame Edna Everage
"I was born with a priceless gift - the ability to laugh at other peoples' troubles" - Dame Edna Everage
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 09:03 PM
First, I would ask myself why he singled ME out to tell me my future. Does that mean I shall attain world domination? Or that I am destined to do something really great or really, really bad? I would think that someone wouldn't be singled out for such a prediction, unless they have a role in something important in the future. I'd tell him no, thanks, but then I would walk away with an extra bounce in my step, having fun making guesses at what huge thing I will one day accomplish.
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 09:28 PM
ImaLoner, on 13 November 2012 - 09:03 PM, said:
First, I would ask myself why he singled ME out to tell me my future. Does that mean I shall attain world domination? Or that I am destined to do something really great or really, really bad? I would think that someone wouldn't be singled out for such a prediction, unless they have a role in something important in the future. I'd tell him no, thanks, but then I would walk away with an extra bounce in my step, having fun making guesses at what huge thing I will one day accomplish.
And he walks the other way equally bouncy, 'cos he's just had enough time to pinch your purse!
"Gæð a wyrd swa hio scel, ac gecnáwan þín gefá!": "Fate goes ever as she shall, but know thine enemy!".
"I was born with a priceless gift - the ability to laugh at other peoples' troubles" - Dame Edna Everage
"I was born with a priceless gift - the ability to laugh at other peoples' troubles" - Dame Edna Everage
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 09:38 PM
ealdwita, on 13 November 2012 - 09:28 PM, said:
And he walks the other way equally bouncy, 'cos he's just had enough time to pinch your purse!
lol I had planned to add that while bouncing away I'd be run over by a bus, followed by a steamroller.. End bounce.. My last thought would be: I bet he was gonna tell me to watch out for that bus...
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 10:15 PM
No I don't want to know...wait yes I do....no, no I don't think I do...Idk, can I get his card or something and give him a call after I've thought about it some?
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Posted 13 November 2012 - 10:27 PM
Some mistakes are fun, nope wouldn't want to know.
What could possibly go wrong?
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 04:39 AM
hey....I watched this movie! Bill and Teds excellent adventure! Party time- Excellent! No I would not want to know. It would make me feel programed rather than have free will, I like to believe I have free will now. Yeah a heads up on the bus would be ok though!!
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 05:01 AM
I worry constantly about the unknown. I'm not sure if knowing the future would ease my mind, or make me even more neurotic. I just don't know if I would be better or worse off.
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 06:46 AM
lsra, on 14 November 2012 - 05:01 AM, said:
I worry constantly about the unknown. I'm not sure if knowing the future would ease my mind, or make me even more neurotic. I just don't know if I would be better or worse off.
i think i would be miserable ultimately.
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 07:42 AM
It's hard to think about without it being a bit paradoxical.
If he does tell me what happens, will those events occur now that i know they're going to happen? Since now i know those events are happening, will i make different decisions so they won't happen?
Or if those events are going to happen no matter what he tells me, will those events have happened only because i spoke to him?
Maybe my future is better off just not asking.
If he does tell me what happens, will those events occur now that i know they're going to happen? Since now i know those events are happening, will i make different decisions so they won't happen?
Or if those events are going to happen no matter what he tells me, will those events have happened only because i spoke to him?
Maybe my future is better off just not asking.
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Posted 14 November 2012 - 07:49 PM
Yes.
Then I would know what I can and cannot do, thus allowing me to better handle present situations.
Then I would know what I can and cannot do, thus allowing me to better handle present situations.
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Posted 15 November 2012 - 02:35 AM
What is wrong with Culture Club? I happen to enjoy their music.
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Posted 15 November 2012 - 03:07 AM
Alienated Being, on 15 November 2012 - 02:35 AM, said:
What is wrong with Culture Club? I happen to enjoy their music.
Nothing wrong with it..
Just not my thing..
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