Looking ahead: for better or worse
Pretend there is someone who knows what will happen to you from the next moment foward until your death. Say this person gave you a chance to know that information. Would you take the opportunity to learn your future? If you did, would you try to change it? Is it even possible to change it?
posted by Michelle S @ 9:34 AM
4 Comments:
I probably wouldn't want to know. That would affect everything I would do. However, it would give me a chance to know when and how I'd die and I could make sure to do everything I needed to before then. However, when I don't know, I appreciate my loved ones and make sure to tell them how much I love them, instead of knowing I can do that tomorrow.
A good question. I would not want to know my future. I prefer the surprises of everyday life!
If a person offered that sort of thing to me, I'd be worried that in return for showing me my future the person would want me to do something in return, such as maybe taking on the burden of seeing the future. The knowledge of the future, or many possible futures, seems like a heavy burden to bear, and I wouldn't be surprised of this "person" is in serious mental pain, or if that ability caused pain around him or her.
I agree with crosby that I wouldn't want to know, I love surprises, but it is fun to wonder what if? What if you knew? What would you do? Would you procrastinate because you knew how much time you had or would you do everything you wanted to do in a certain amount of time because you knew when you were going to die? Just a couple more questions to think about.
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