Predicting the Future

“Predicting the Future? When people consult me, it’s not that I’m
reading the future; I am guessing at the
future. The future belongs to [a Higher
Being], and it is only he who reveals it,
under extraordinary circumstances.
How do I guess at the future? Based on
the omens of the present. The secret is
here in the present. If you pay attention to
the present, you can improve upon it.
And if you improve on the present,
what comes later will also be better.”

~ The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho