What would you do if you know your future?

@AniruS (256)
United States
October 5, 2009 6:40pm CST
Suppose you see your future just for a couple of minutes and then return back to present, what would you do? What I mean is say you are doing something now and in the next instant you fall asleep or unconscious for just 2 min and then wake up again. In this two minutes you have see how and what you were doing exactly 6 months later. Would you try to prevent it? If yes, what all would you try to prevent it? Would you let it run its course and face it when it comes?
19 responses
@abidmian (131)
• United States
6 Oct 09
Its totally impossible. This type of scenes can be viewed in Movies but not in real life. Don't think like that just work hard in your present, you will be able to judge your future. Am I right?
@AniruS (256)
• United States
6 Oct 09
I got that. But the instances that you mentioned are all predictable and depends on human effort. What if the future that you see shows there was an earthquake and you lost everything that you had earned by hardwork? Would you still continue to work hard in the present?
@AniruS (256)
• United States
8 Oct 09
Certainly I will try to enjoy my life at the fullest, if I am sure that I am going to die.
@abidmian (131)
• United States
6 Oct 09
I talked about real hard work. For example, if you study well in your school, you have in your mind that I will certainly get admission in a good or well reputed college. Same, if your degree is powerful then you will be sure that job, i get in near future, will be extraordinary. In this regards, you can see your future just doing hard work. If you do not find results according to your working, God will give you reward in another shape, at another suitable time. Just Keep Hard Working. N Reply Me. Thanks.
• Boston, Massachusetts
6 Oct 09
Hi Anirus, I will be lucky enough to anticipate what will happen to me or what my future looks like... Well, it depends whether that flash of my future is somewhat negative or positive. If negative i will try to think and work on counteracting any negative energies so that it won't happen. We can always do something about our situation. maybe that's the reason why we were given the chance to have a look at it. If positive i will do my best to live life to the full, feel more secured and at peace with myself, with the people and with the world.
• Boston, Massachusetts
8 Oct 09
Thank you for that remark. Have a great day!
@AniruS (256)
• United States
8 Oct 09
a good response msfrancisco.
@eliezl (610)
• Philippines
6 Oct 09
this is exactly what the movie KNOWING starrred by Nicholas Cage is all about. knowing the future especially if its something bad is difficult and depressing. i could juz imagine in his place if i were to know what will happen in the future. there is always high probability for us to try to change it but i were to choose, i would prefer not knowing the future. it will lose the excitement and thrill of life...things will get boring if i keep knowing what will happen next....there will be no surprises...it would be just like reading a book that is shown in movies..expecting the turn of events....and waiting for them to happen...
@AniruS (256)
• United States
8 Oct 09
I KNOWING, Nicholas Cage can see his future, or future related to him whenever he choose to. What I am talking about is like a flash in future, a one time thing with no voluntary control. Let me know what would you do in case you see a flash of future for just one time.
• China
6 Oct 09
It's really easy for me. Change the future to make life better. Make the good things better and change the bad things to good ones or avoid it if can't be changed.
@AniruS (256)
• United States
8 Oct 09
on second thought, couldn't it be that your intervention in the present was the reason of your future? Please reply.
@mohitseth (568)
• India
6 Oct 09
yes i would definately try to change thinks if they are against me. i would make things better and try to have my future perfect. but still if u let things like it is it to happen then also u are benefited bec. then god will fix the things. happy mylotting.
@AniruS (256)
• United States
8 Oct 09
@mohit. I see you are leaving things to God.
6 Oct 09
if that will happen life would be boring. when one can predict things then we will not be looking forward anymore.
@AniruS (256)
• United States
6 Oct 09
@cutepink_13 I think you have misunderstood the discussion topic. The discussion is not about you able to predict things. It is you seeing the future just one time for 2 minutes. What do you say?
• India
6 Oct 09
its and great thing if we are able to see our future because if i see that in coming time the step i am taking now will harm me than i will not take that step and will analyse that what wrong happened to me due to this and will now modify my step accordingly and than i will take step to prevent my loss. if i see my bright future than i will continue go on with my steps. actually every one pray to god that keep my life bright and happy so if i get the chance to know about my future than why i will not try to improve my status my future.
@daliaj (5674)
• India
6 Oct 09
There is not thrill in living if you already know your future. If I know my future and it is not interesting, I will be worried about it all my life. I think that is why God won't let us know our future. We always hope good things and work out for it if we don't know about the already set future. If I know my future and even if it is really exciting, I still worry about the small unpleasant things in the future. Usually people worry more about small problems than big good things happen in life.
@mesuaky (397)
• Singapore
6 Oct 09
i think i know what you mean, you are refering to FlashForward, well as i have seen it the memories of the future they saw was either good or bad, If i was in the place of having a good future then i would let it run its course, but if the future i see is something bad, they i would deffinetly act now to make sure that future will change. I believe the person that said to see a glims of the future is a gift, may it be good or bad as now you are given the chance to change that future based on your desire, I still believe that we ourselves holds our own future and only we can mold our own future.
@AniruS (256)
• United States
6 Oct 09
@mesuaky. Sure you are right. the concept is from flashforward.
@Milesxiao (104)
• China
6 Oct 09
oh, if i could predict my future ahead, it is a lucky thing. Time passed without telling anyone, so what we must do is grasp current time and respect the reality, if sometimes you suddenly konw your future about several months later, then you need think it over, and analyze the situation, how to do is the final decision. in most case, everyone has his own wishes about future and also has tactics to deal with reality. similarly, we could not konw the result before we start to do and put ahead.
• Mexico
5 Oct 09
If i could know my future, i would try to change it, even if its bad or good, for me knowing the future is the best way to f&"/ck up the beauty of life. Greetings. :)
@AniruS (256)
• United States
6 Oct 09
Greetings robertsixy. Say it is very very good thing like say you will a billion dollars tax free in some lottery. Would you still try to change it?
@irefed (200)
• Philippines
6 Oct 09
If I know my future already then I wouldn't hesitate to work for my future instead. I just wait that future destined for me to come over. Well, if its not good then I will try to prevent it because I don't want to suffer a miserable life.
• United States
6 Oct 09
I've always believed that I make my own future. My future isn't predetermined or predestined or written in stone. Even if what I dreamed came true, if I had tried changing things, doesn't that mean that I'm letting fear guide me? I say live how you want to live, come what may.
• United States
5 Oct 09
It all depends on what you see, right? If it's something good, I guess it's something to look forward to. If I were to see myself in a bad situation, I'd try to change things. Although, my attempt to change what I had just saw might be the entire reason why the things I saw were bad.
@AniruS (256)
• United States
6 Oct 09
@dendrobium. Probably you may be right, the reason that the things went bad in future is because you tried to intervene in the present. But does that mean that you will let the bad thing happen as it is? Good thing are certainly once that you would be looking forward. But would it increase your negligence in present?
• Indonesia
6 Oct 09
Depends on the future I ses ;) I'll change the bad things only,hehe. But I think even if we can see our future, we can't anything to change it because it will happen after all.. I just can pray and do less bad things, I'll be more religious then. And I'll try anything to avoid the bad things I see in the future. But I think, it's so scary if we can see our future (and we can't do something about it). I'm already happy I can't see my future. I enjoy living in mystery right now, hehe
@irene3184 (898)
• Philippines
6 Oct 09
Well, I don't believe on that but if it happens then I will just wait for it. I won't work anymore because if you see it already then there is no way to prevent it. Because it will try to find ways to be like that. I'd rather face it and do something for it.
• China
6 Oct 09
if I know I will die tomorrow,then I will live better today,I will live better every minute. I will accompany my parents.I would go shopping,I will do the things I interested.
@getbrowser (1708)
• China
5 Oct 09
It is amazing indeed. But what have you seen in the 2 munutes? If it is something wonderful and interesting, I will wait for its coming and get ready to everything related to that good time. But if it will do harm to myself or my friends, I must take some measures to prevent it happening. In the next 6 months, perhaps what I should do is just to spare no efforts to fact it. If I can't prevent it, I will let it run its course and face it.
@redphile (2264)
• Philippines
6 Oct 09
maybe ill try to change it because knowing your future sucks. theres no excitement and you would just think or not to do anything becaus you already know whats gonna happen.