Forecast Based on Common Sense

I am not a psychic nor do I wish to be one. Before, I used to make predictions to people, but unlike other psychics, I have no spiritual guide. That would be way too creepy. I am usually guided by my own instinct and my common sense. It is a form of deception, I know, but there is such a thing as self-fulfilling prophecy and ofcourse I trust the notion that: people would only like to believe what they want to believe. So basically, what I told people were things that I thought was believable. I told them what they wanted to hear. My friend Wren celebrated her 31st birthday today. She invited me and our other friends and we ate in this fastfood chain in a local mall. After two or maybe three hours of girl-bonding, Wren ended the event with her forecast on lucky colors for the year 2009. She told me that earth colors would be very much suitable for me next year. I really don't know what to say about that. Colors don't really matter to me anymore because I am restricted to follow certain color-coding crap because of our uniform at work. Even if I do take her advice, I can only use those earth colors at home or during weekends. So, with her forecast on lucky colors, I also projected my fearless forecast on each one of them. This time, I didn't use common sense, nor instinct. I just blurted out words that came in my head. And I didn't care whether they wanted to hear what I wanted to say or not. Anyway, it was for fun . . . and they forced me into doing it so they really can't blame me or get mad at me even. Here are the ones I made: To Wren: You are going to be a Math teacher next year. (Currently, she is a Chemistry teacher) And since you're going to be a Math teacher, you will have to work late. And by the time you become a Math teacher, you will find the love of your life who is also a Math teacher. Wren thought that my forecast was so improbable. She said that I just wanted to tease her to a Math teacher I knew. Wren was always good-natured. She just laughed out loud and didn't take it seriously. To Amberle: You are going to have an unexpected surprise. But the surprise is not going to happen close to home, rather, it will be out of town. It will either be a pleasant or unpleasant surprise, whichever way you view it. You are going to think about me when this happens, and say, gee . . . Rhosel's right! About work . . . well, you will still hate your officemates, and nothing will change. Amberle was livid. She said I was just stating the obvious and not actually making a forecast. Honestly, I don't know what she was so angry about. Maybe because the "boyfriend" subject thingy was a touchy subject. Maybe she thought that the unexpected surprise was something unpleasant - like maybe breaking up with her, or a surprise marriage proposal. Oh gad, no! To Chill: You are going to find a new job. Salary wise, it is much less than you expect. Also, it is not as prestigious as your current title. But you are going to love it. You are going to find a scholarship abroad, except it is not the one that you wish for. God has better plans. And while studying, you will find that other half that has been designed for you. Only Chill was pleased with my forecast. I told you: People would only want to believe what they want to believe. So the celebration ended with Wren smiling. I was glad she didn't find my forecast horrendous. My bestfriend, Amberle, however, was irritated. Chill was pleased. Best thing about forecasts is that you can never rely on them. They are always subject to change. However, people tend to believe in omens, and things similar to future predictions because they hate uncertainty. Well, first of all, life is uncertain. So there is no use for horoscopes, numerologies, and tea leaves. I think that the most important thing is that we should live in the present and let the future worry about itself. Common sense dictates that we make our own future. We just have to live life so we could get the things that it has to offer. We can't just sit and believe for life to happen. We make it happen. With that, would you care to have your tea leaves read? No charge, I promise. Would you like me to give you a fearless forecast? How about your horoscope? No? Ah well. So that only means that my career as a psychic has come to an end. I have no future with psychic predictions. But you have a future to make with or without these predictions. Make it happen. Now.