Claire Applewhite's Blog - Posts Tagged "future"
A Crystal of Hope
If you had a crystal ball, (or could get your hands on one,) how would you react?
Let’s for a moment assume that for five seconds, that ball could reveal the highest and lowest points of your entire life. Now, would you want to see it?
Alfred Hitchcock once said, “If we knew the outcome of everything in life, most of the zest would go out of living. In other words, we can live in a state of chronic despair, or we can live with faith in the future, even though it is hidden from us."
Perhaps you should ask yourself, what am I giving up? What am I receiving in return? If your future is filled with great success, have you diminished the thrill by erasing the element of surprise? Could you face a future filled with disappointment?
Let’s for a moment assume that for five seconds, that ball could reveal the highest and lowest points of your entire life. Now, would you want to see it?
Alfred Hitchcock once said, “If we knew the outcome of everything in life, most of the zest would go out of living. In other words, we can live in a state of chronic despair, or we can live with faith in the future, even though it is hidden from us."
Perhaps you should ask yourself, what am I giving up? What am I receiving in return? If your future is filled with great success, have you diminished the thrill by erasing the element of surprise? Could you face a future filled with disappointment?
