If you could read your future

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If you could read your future

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If you could read a book that told your future one day ahead of time, would you read it?

Would you want to know?

What about the future of your loved ones?
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Yikes! Yes and no. Yes I would like to know because of my life situation right now. I want to see a happy ending. If I don't see a happy ending then knowing the future one day ahead of time perhaps I could alter my course a little. It is like the feeling of dejavu. When you realize that history is repeating itself look back and remember how you approached the situation. You are being given a second or third chance to change your life. Take it or not. As far as the future of loved ones, my loved ones are all getting up in age and while it would hurt to know when they would be passing perhaps a little warning might help. I said might, that doesn't necessarily mean that it would. For each person that passes in our lives we react differently. Only time can show us that door.
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Absolutely yes. I hate surprises and not knowing things. I was the kid who would sneak around and open my christmas presents before christmas then wrap them back up so I knew what I was getting and could plan my reaction if I got something I didn't like. I would definitely like to know. My only problem would be not accidentally altering anything after I knew. Obviously it would be happening for a reason and I wouldn't want to change that because it could have awful consequences later.
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Definitely. Forewarned is forearmed. Besides maybe if it you didn't like something you could change it so it happened more positively.
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I would be all up over that.
But I would be the one that is horrible and uses it for evil... to find out the future of other people and get revenge on people that deserve it!
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ALynnPowers wrote:I would be all up over that.
But I would be the one that is horrible and uses it for evil... to find out the future of other people and get revenge on people that deserve it!
You go girl! I didn't think of that, but some people would be served a big slice of karma pie, if I had access to something like that. ;-p
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:) I would, yes. Not much for revenge though. To me knowledge is wisdom. I could make a better choice that could help, or rest in the knowledge that I did or will do the right thing. I've learned through life experience that revenge really only hurts yourself more than it hurts the person you are aiming for because in order to exact revenge, you nurse a lot of hate inside. Hate is a cancer. :)
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Post by emily rose »

Oh man, what a hard question. When I first read this I thought "No, of course not! I should want my future to be a surprise!" but now that I'm typing this I think I'd like to see what life has in store for me. I'm at a time where I don't really know what I'm doing in life, so I think having that plan written down somewhere for me to see would be really helpful in motivating me to move forward:)
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No...absolutely not.
If things were bad...why would I want to know?
If things were good...I'd rather be surprised!
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It would be a first for me because I would burn a book that had that information in it. It would be nothing but a negative experience to me. No thanks!
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Nah, I wouldn't like to read it. Firstly, I am scared and secondly, where is the fun in life then!? :D

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Well to anyone who answered this if you're interested there is a book by Cecilia Ahern called "the book of tomorrow" that poses this very thought. Read it and see what you think!
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hareid03 wrote:Absolutely yes. I hate surprises and not knowing things. I was the kid who would sneak around and open my christmas presents before christmas then wrap them back up so I knew what I was getting and could plan my reaction if I got something I didn't like. I would definitely like to know. My only problem would be not accidentally altering anything after I knew. Obviously it would be happening for a reason and I wouldn't want to change that because it could have awful consequences later.
I agree with that :)
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I would have to say yes and no. I would want to, because then I can see what awesome books and artists I would have discovered in the future and then just start reading them and listening to them now, so that way I can go to book signings and concerts sooner(:
But then again, I would have to say no, because I am not in a place where I want to know if something bad happens. When you are hanging on by a thread, you want more happiness than sorrow, and if my future held more sorrow, (which it probably would... there is a lot of bad life circumstances that no one should have to face that I have to keep going through), I wouldn't want to see it, because it would eke the happiness from me very quickly.
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NEVER. :)
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