The future beholds..

The future beholds a stunningly handsome husband, 2 beautiful kids, a golden retriever that does not poop in the house. Your car is gorgeous, never gets stuck in the snow or leaves you stranded with no gas. Your never miss a house payment and you're never late for work.




Yeah...Right. 


The future beholds a divorcee with 2 kids who fight all the time, can't seem to keep their grades up in Math and English, your dog literally just ate your assignment from work then pooped it out on the rug. You're two months behind on your house payment, just waiting for the check to come in from your ex-husband's child support, and I'll be darned if you hit EVERY single red light to work every single day. 


That's more like it. 


What would you do if someone told you they could tell you exactly how your future would pan out? No, not one of those crazy psychic hot lines, but the real deal. Heck, maybe even God Himself. He can tell you exactly how your life with be. Would you want to know? Would you want to know if your life was going to be peachy perfect? Would you want to know if your life was going to be not exactly how you planned it? 


I was asked this recently by a gentleman I just met. It's obviously a question people might use to get a better idea at who someone is, what kind of personality they have, but it got me thinking. 


I can't say if poised with the opportunity I wouldn't do it, though I'd like to say I'd decline. If we knew exactly how our life was going to pan out, good or bad, what would the point in living be? There would be none! You figure, the future already told you what was going to happen so why try? Why work every day? Build your life with someone if you know they are going to leave in the end? Life is meant to be lived. Life won't always be what you expect it to be. Heck, Life is sometimes spelled Hell, but it's also sometimes spelled Heaven. And people need something to live for, and that something is the unknown. We don't know how our life will pan out, but we know we got to live it to make it happen.