Anathema

Is it truly beneficial to know the future, even something as trivial as the weather which in our positions as feckless human beings we can do absolutely nothing to alter?  I don’t think so.  Where would the excitement be…..the anticipation…..the piquancy…..the implicit romance…..if we knew in advance events that were about to occur? The vibrancy would be weirdly absent from life and substituted in its stead would be rote routines and vapidity and insipidness.  Say what you will about the unexpected, but no one can rightfully dispute that it keeps us on the edge of our seats and adds a razor edge to future moments as they unerringly develop and unfold.  Predictability is boring, as are predictable circumstances and predictable people and predictable outcomes. Bottom line, predictability is anathema. Why then would anyone in their right mind pine for it?