![]() I have experienced both of these scenarios. Once at the restaurant and seated with food in front of you, there are two options:ī) The chef has an off night and you would have been better off getting take-away from your local greasy fish and chip shop. So, you book a table and spend the whole week salivating, waiting for your dinner date and eager to experience the most delectable food ever. A simple example of both is visiting a restaurant said restaurant may have received glowing reviews, or a friend may have eaten there and gushed about the divine food. ![]() ![]() But, there have also been times when the opposite has occurred. There have been many times when I have eagerly anticipated a particular event, and it has lived up to my expectations. In addition, they are often the very people who always manage to find the silver lining in the cloud. They must also have the ability to swallow any disappointment they might experience when their prediction falls short. Some people I know always seem to anticipate future events with optimism and excitement they amaze me, and to an extent I envy them. I was often fond of saying, ‘Pessimists are never disappointed.’ I still believe this to be true a pessimist will either have the satisfaction of saying, ‘I told you so,’ or they will be pleasantly surprised. It represents nothing but time wasted yet I know I will do it again next time. ![]() Often I dream about them. Very, very occasionally my fears become reality. I run through multiple worse-case scenarios in my head, then I run through all the things I could do to counteract them. Image courtesy of Stuart Miles at Prognostication: a statement about what is going to happen in the futureįor me, this usually takes the form of worrying about some upcoming event. Prognostications are a notable proof of the wild curiosity of our nature, grasping at and anticipating future things, as if we had not enough to do to digest the present. ![]()
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