Would you prefer to know your future or not?

Philippines
January 12, 2010 9:44pm CST
My sister knows someone who's very good on card reading, most often she go there every time she wants to make certain decision, especially when it comes to taking risk. Now, as the new year start she ask me to go with her and have my whole year reading for my future, but I refuse to since I want my future to remained as surprised. How about you, do you like to know your future? do you go to any psychic reader?
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@enciel (368)
• Philippines
13 Jan 10
yes sometimes i want to know what will happen to me in the future. I am a very curios person. although i know that these things might not happen since these are probably things that could happen but in the end it's all up to me but i want to know anyway. I haven't tried personally going to a psychic but have been taking online quizzes and chat to online people who can predict tarots and such haha but none of them really explains the future for me their readings are confusing haha. Sometimes its just numbers etc. Can your friend really read fortunes? can she read one for me even if it is online :)
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• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Yeah, it's not my friend but it's my sisters friend. I have seen her once when my mom went to her place. Yeah, she can read it well, I believe on her that's why I never tried myself because I'm afraid to know my future. I don't think she can read online because she's kinda living in a remote area and I don't know if she knows how to use computer. She can give you a number for lottery, based on your card. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
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@jolily (21)
• China
13 Jan 10
Mee too. I am full of curiosity about my future. I think that it is very interesting. I just like it but never indulge in it. haha.
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@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Nope, I never put my future to fortune tellers. No matter how people say how good they are in telling your future. I believe that we and we can only make our future based on what we do in the present.
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• Philippines
15 Jan 10
Yeah, you're right, we are the only one who can make our future, well anyway there are just making predictions and it's all up to us, to believe in them. It's still good if we don't know our future, there would be a lots of surprises ahead of us. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
13 Jan 10
I really don't want to know my future for it may bother my mind. I hate seeing myself in the future. I'm sure if I'll know my future I will be more conscious on my actions. There is also an advantage if I know my future but it is more sinful act because only God knows what our future be. We really cannot detect where God wants us to be. So I'd better live life day by day and treasure every moments in my life. It would free us from any headaches and fears..
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• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Yeah, you'll gonna spend worrying for something that's not really sure, if you'll know your future through psychic reader. You're right it's only God who knows our future, and it's all depend on us as well. We have the power to control and live the life we want in the future by living today. Although there are some circumstances where God gives you a little hint of your future, where He wants you to prepared for something happen ahead through other people. It does happen to me. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@atefft (31)
• United States
13 Jan 10
I do not currently go to any psychic readers and, like you, I never plan too. I totally agree with you when you say that you should have your future remain a surprise. Although maybe there is somethings I would like to know. Like yes or no questions. Such as am i going to be rich? or am i going to have a good job. Things like that. Hope this helps.
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• Philippines
15 Jan 10
Well when it comes to those kinds of questions like if we're going to be rich in the future, or we get married a perfect guy, or we able to reach our dreams. It could have an answer base on our actions, there might be a possibility but still it's all depend on us. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
13 Jan 10
I don't think it is possible too see your future and even if it was where will all the fun go. I prefer every day to be a surprise and memorable than just waiting for something to happen. Also don't forget all the sci-fi movies and the possible disruption of the time-space continuum... ;)
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• Philippines
15 Jan 10
Well it could be really hard to believe those people who has capacity to read and know your future. Since we all have different kinds of belief. Me either would like my future to be unknown than known to me. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@mdaher88 (16)
• Canada
13 Jan 10
I personally don't go to any psychic reader nor would i like to know my future because let's take the smallest example: Let's say you want to start your business and you learn that your company will make crazy profits so u jump out of the chair and rush everything without planing your company's development, you might end up crashing your future. To make my point a bit clearer i find that the future, if ever determined, is defined in the moment you try to read it. But try getting your future read two minutes or whatever laps of time you'd like to take after your first reading, it probably might not be the same. Why? because the future is continually changing due to your changing actions. At least this is how i see it, so if i ever had my future read by a psychic, and if he really can read it, i'd like him t stand by my side and read it to me second after second, minute after minute, because every breath you take changes your future.
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• Philippines
15 Jan 10
Yeah, you're right, every seconds and minutes change and we can't control it, but through predictions we can make changes in the present in order for our future to be what it should be or shouldn't be. Like for example when you're predicted to meet an accident an accident by plane, so, you'll gonna avoid making anything that regards to traveling, so in that way you able to control what should be happening in the future.Yeah, when someone tells our future would be great in a day from now, we would tend to live and believe on it, which is good even if in the end it would turn to be bad,at least you felt happy for a minutes. Well that's just my simple thoughts. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@figjam00 (1445)
• India
13 Jan 10
I think having these sort of readings should not be taken seriously, and what is the fun if you know all that is going to happen. I think future should be mysterious enough to excite the life everyday.
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• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Yeah, what really makes the future great is because we didn't know what well happen in every second and minutes of our life. If we know the future, it's gonna be boring, although we can't help not to get tempted to know the future because it's our human nature to know everything. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
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• China
14 Jan 10
Hi, I want to know my future if I have a chance to know, I think everybody is curious about the future, someone want to know, and someone don't want to know, as you the future would to remained as surprised, but I don't believe the card reading, I don't think they can really tell people what their future like, I wish I could have a mystical mirror, and can see the future, that would be a lot of fun.
• Philippines
15 Jan 10
Yeah, everyone is curious what their future holds but not all have the courage to know their future. It could be real fun for some people. Have you tried card reading, as you said that you don't believe on them? Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@kquiming (2997)
• Philippines
19 Mar 10
Yeah I know some people prefer it that way, for their future to be a surprise. Anyway I don't mind knowing what lies ahead of me, I just hope it isn't something scary or harsh. I think it's better to be informed about the future , I mean at least, one can take the necessary steps to avoid them, if at all it's possible to avoid it.
• Philippines
19 Mar 10
Yeah, it could be better if we know a bit about our future at least we could do something about it, or perhaps avoid those huge troubles and problems that come our way, or simply enjoy life to the fullest if we know our time is near.lol Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
• Malaysia
13 Jan 10
Same with me, I rather not knowing what my future will be. I agree with you, I also want my future to remain as a surprise. What if we knew about our future and feel very happy about it if it will be good and suddenly it turn out not as were said. You will feel frustrated right. So it is better to leave it that way, not knowing your future. I will be the one who mould my future.
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• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Yeah, if we know the future and it's gonna be bad so we will spend time thinking and worrying about it,when in the end it's not unfortunate. And as like you said if the future tells that it's gonna be good when it's not we gonna feel disappointed. Although it all depends on the person and on how she/he gonna take all those predictions. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
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@yogambal_64 (1014)
• India
13 Jan 10
Yes I like to know about the future but not totally, like your sister when I have to take some specific determinations or decisions I go to an astrologer
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• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Well in my sister's experienced so far it did good to her. She didn't missed anything and never had any regret, the lady is really good, it did help her a lot in so many things, especially on the kind of my sister job right now. She never been to any astrologer, so you've been consulting an astrologer? how does it differ? Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
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@vandana7 (98826)
• India
13 Jan 10
Hi careguarden, I have different reason for not knowing my fate before hand. I think our mind gets conditioned into looking at only those aspects of any situation, so we start moving in that direction. Suppose the forecaster tells me you'll find the man of your dream, and then comes this handsome guy, who is not the man of my dreams, but because the forecaster said you'll meet somebody like that, I start telling myself - hey this is the man of my dreams, and make a fool of myself of course. ha ha. But it is true in many instances, we orient our thinking as per the forecast, which we may not have done under normal circumstances. :) So I avoid them.
• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Yeah, you're absolutely right,it did happens that's also the reason I prefer to keep my future unknown to me, because I don't want to influenced other things in making the decision that I supposed to do, and I don't want to expect things that and live on that predictions. I want to trust God and trust myself as well. Knowing the future prevents us to explore and to grow. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@vandana7 (98826)
• India
13 Jan 10
What I meant to say was it triggers some auto suggestions, which is not healthy.
@musicque (46)
• Philippines
13 Jan 10
Hello! I do admire people who can truly read the future. But i am not tooo trusting on anyone who can do so. Sometimes the human mind can judge unfairly and we, the seekers of the answers about the future might not be given much truth.Eventhough i am aware of this,in my mind, i still submit myself to anyone i meet who claims to have that gift of seeing things in the future.Some came true and some not. I listen intently but I dont really accept those.Some friends of mine became paranoids and i do not like to be one. It's all how you receive these things actually.Some readings are guides yes, but it's all up to you if you keep them in your heart as well. It might harm you emotionally and mentally. nothing wrong with trying to know it, what is sooo wrong is when you embrace it wholeheartedly and lose dwelling in the present which you need to have focused more on.
• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Yeah, you're right some people really get paranoid because they embrace and live on those predictions, it seems that it became their life and they live with it. Simply because they didn't know how to control their self, that's why their emotions control their actions and their life. That's also the reason why I prefer to keep the future unknown to me, because I've those tendency on thinking on it. I want to live a life with freedom against uncertainties. Life's like that! Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
• Philippines
16 Jan 10
yes,we are all born with uncertainties in life.Best thing we all could do is offer our past, present and future to God.He knows what is best for all of us. His will be done.
• Philippines
13 Jan 10
It's almost so tempting to go to psychic readers, tarot cards and the like to "guess" what's in the future. I am even fond of zodiacs and horoscopes though I don't believe most of it, sometimes if it just conjures to your own behavior and occurrences in your physical world, there it becomes interesting. Sometimes in social networking sites, there are lots of know-your-future quizzes which are somehow petty in approach. Like guessing when will be your wedding date, when will you get pregnant and all, of course you will raise your brow but its fun! So with regards to the going to the psychic reader, it might be fun to go and have your future read by somebody, actually I believe they have this strong sense that is why they are also inspired to do these business/hobby. For me, if I know someone on the street who would just ask for a fee which is fair enough, then why not?!
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• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Yeah, it's could be really interesting to know our future. The tarot reader where my sister go didn't ask that much payment, it's just little and that's what makes her go there since she really reads well and almost always she predict it right and really good lady. But I feel kinda scared if the my future would not be that beautiful I might spend time worrying about it. That's why I prefer not to know the future. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
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@myliezl0903 (2726)
• Philippines
14 Jan 10
i'd rather not know my future ., and besides i trust GOD., so i always depend on what he plans and what he want for me to become ., thanks for this nice topic. have a nice day ahead!
• Philippines
15 Jan 10
Well that's good, you believe in God and trust on His plan for you. That's the best thing anyone should do. To have faith on Him and rely for His great love and mercy for us. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
13 Jan 10
Hey careguarden! I'm not really sure if I could deal with knowing what my future holds! I know that most "real psychics" and I do believe in them won't tell you straight out if something really fatal is going to happen to you, but they will get it across to you in some way! I would be too afraid to find out! Especially if it is something that you couldn't change! Would you want to know ahead of time if you were going to die of some terminal illness or a horrific accident if you couldn't change or prevent it! I am reading a book right now written by Sylvia Browne who is a world reknowned Psychic, and it is about dreams! I can barely deal with what she is saying about that!
• Philippines
15 Jan 10
Yeah, it could be real hard to deal, if we know our future would be turn to be bad. That's also the mean reason why I don't want to know my future. Well also there's some benefits we could get knowing our future, like what happened to my sister, she was being told by a tarot reader that she might experienced a serious kind of illness in the future that's why she's advice to pray, then she did pray a lot and we also pray for her, and that prediction did happened but she able to overcome with it because of prayer. Oh, yeah I heard about Sylvia Browne and she's really good psychic reader although I haven't yet read some of her books. Anyway thank you for sharing with us my friend and enjoy your day!
@vinslounge (1295)
• India
13 Jan 10
No, I never prefer to know about my future. If you are gonna identify what your future is all about, then what is the use of living in this world and it looses its meaning and thrill. My friends go to sooth sayers to know about their future but I never do as I have a staunch feeling that no ordinary human should predict our future. This is one of the interesting topics being started by you and wish you a lovely time in mylot. Cheers:-)
• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Oh, I'm glad that you like my discussion, anyway, I agree with what you said, if we able to know our future the thrill, excitement and surprises will be gone and there would be no meaning in our life. Life is gift and in a gift we don't know what's inside. That makes us happy and excited opening every gift that we have. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@ruchimom (280)
• Australia
14 Jan 10
Hi No I dont beleive in getting my future read.I feel that it just adds on to new troubles,like I will be very doubtful in terms of everything. I know a few people who catually beleive a lot in all this and can do anything to get the desired outcome. I believe in Que sera sera and that is my life's motto
• Philippines
15 Jan 10
Yeah, whatever happen will happens, we don't have the power to control our future since we're not God. Well you have a good motto. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
13 Jan 10
Of course I do as long as it is a good one-- so that I have something to look forward to in life and give me hope but if it's just bad news then better forget about it.
• Philippines
14 Jan 10
Well if it's good one then that would be great, but if not then it could be a whole lot of worries bring to us. Since when it comes to predictions they both tell good and bad. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!
@erikvail (29)
• Romania
13 Jan 10
I would not prefer to know my future. What is the reason behind living a life for which you forsee how it ends? It would be boring. Would you like to be told the action of the movie you will watch?
• Philippines
15 Jan 10
Yeah, life could be real boring if our future is revealed to us. It has lost it's real meaning and I would not want it to happened. Will actually those psychic didn't precisely and completely able to predict the future,only some of it, since they're not God. Anyway thank you for sharing with us and enjoy your day!