Deja Vu the curse of knowing the future

Here's an interesting paradox for you.  Most people tend to like order and predictability in life and fear the future or the unknown, would you agree?  Yet imagine if you knew exactly what was coming in the next moment...and then the next as if they were tied together.  Like having a constant deja vu,  you could see life unfold right in front of you as it was happening.   Would you like to have the skill of seeing a day in advance?  How about a month or a year?  If you had the ability to do so how far in the future would you choose to see?  Remembering that you would know exactly what you were doing during this time as if you were watching a movie or a robot.  Would you just want enough time to peak and get an advantage of knowing the flop....wait!  Perhaps the river?  Predictability would have it's rewards to be sure but is it worth the loss of suspense, the drama and joy of pure discovery?


Before we curse the unknown and chastise our fears of the future,  perhaps we should take a moment to realize how precious a gift it is to "Not Know," and to live life discovering as the story unfolds.  


It is true that if you could see the future you could avoid a lot of "bad beats." But bad beats are a significant part of life that help us appreciate the good times and our triumphs over our challenges.  Also, I think we would quickly discover that diminishing the bad beats would equate to diminishing the good ones.  Everything being balanced they would be reduced by that same measure.  For every bad fortune there is good fortune.  Take one out of the equation and life could get pretty blasé pretty quickly.  


Times are really rough right now for so many of us.  Doing our best to embrace the present moment by realizing how blessed we are to not know what is coming next but holding onto the idea that tomorrow is a new day brings hope for a bright and better future.


Kenna