justplainbil

Just Plain Bill

No one has lived any further

into the future than I have

When I first read that statement many decades ago, I was amazed with how simple, confusing, and yet true it was. For many folks, there may be a shared school of thought that better educated people, more powerful people, wealthier people, or others with some privilege of celebratory or class status – anyone but us - knows more about something that is about to happen.

I guess the question is - what am I going to do with this statement?

Looking back, I know there have been several occasions when I have withheld a comment, not made a decision or choice, or held back because I consciously or unconsciously “knew” that someone else had more information than I about a future result.

I’ve always been fascinated by those who classify themselves as “futurists.” I’ve attended some interesting presentations and read articles and books about those folks. They are students of what has gone on before and from their acquired knowledge (or insight or premonition), make predictions about events that will occur in the future: stock market movements, falls of leaders or movements, initiation of nature’s major changes, etc.

As I gain wisdom due primarily from living longer, I shall keep this statement about “no one having lived any further into the future than I have” as an extra impetus when “I’m not sure” I should take that risk, write that blog, or express myself in ways that will continue to define who I am and what I’m worth. 

As has been said many times and in many ways, “the future is now.”