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What’s in Store?
Rosette Hizon
Date presented: May 10, 2002

The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future. Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true. -- Eric Hoffer

Why are we so adamant about knowing what our future would be like? Aren’t we aware of the fact that we make and shape our own destiny? What do entertainment columns in newspapers and magazines have in common? Try to guess. Yes, horoscopes and sometimes astrology. Although we don’t normally believe in these things, we read these things, right? I for one am sometimes curious as to what my zodiac says. I am not saying that everyone here in this room believes these things and I know that some of us here may think that these are all crap and senseless subjects to discuss. I remember Gigi’s speech regarding feng shui and my mom being a Chinese, I am quite well aware of these things. I am a cynic regarding these things because I am a Christian and I only believe what the bible says so what I am going to share with you are some of my experiences regarding this subject.

Three weeks ago, I accompanied a friend of mine to meet up with a psychic. I told my friend that it’s just going to be a waste of time and I said that I don’t believe in these people. She told me that she had previous experiences with fortunetellers before so I accompanied her. When we came to meet up with this psychic, I was expecting a gypsy-looking lady, complete with large earrings, a turban on her head, dark eye make-up, a large dark-colored shawl draped on her shoulders and probably, a crystal ball somewhere. I was expecting all of these things but contrary to what paradigm I had with these people, she was just simple and very modern. I almost laughed at myself because of my weird imagination on how she would look like.

After a brief introduction, the process began. She told us that she’s not a fortuneteller but a psychic. A fortuneteller, she said, is someone who speaks in general while a psychic makes concrete predictions, like citing a scenario where that event would transpire. She could feel vibes and somehow could see a glimpse of another person’s future and also the person’s aura. As she was describing my friend’s characteristics, the hair at the nape of my neck stood up. Everything that she said was all true and since I knew all my friend’s secrets even before she got married, that too, were mentioned. She mentioned my friend’s kids and their unique traits and even her husband’s characteristics. She made predictions of what her kids would be like a couple of years from now and even laughed because when each of her predictions would come true, my friend would remember her. She said all of these without a glint of doubt in her voice and with conviction. To think that it was her first time to meet us. Creepy, huh? She said all these based from my friend’s handwriting and the birthdays of her immediate family.

She was actually more of a counselor because as she was saying things, she made suggestions on how to settle finances and how to cope up with work. That made me interested in her and I should say, my sarcasm about her slowly diminished although at the back of my head, I was still wondering where she got that unique gift of sight. After reading my friend, she looked at her and told her of her aura and she mentioned my friend’s past experiences and her unique sense of character. For more than an hour there I was, listening to everything that she said and gauging how credible she was. The funny thing was, she also mentioned how my friend’s parents got to live in the U.S. After looking at my friend’s aura and reading her kids’ future as well as hers, my turn came.

I wasn’t even there to have my future read but due to my heightened curiosity, I said to myself that it’s still up to me whether to believe in everything that she would say about my future or not. She started from my name. She said that contrary to what the dictionary said about my name, it meant “sorrow” and I couldn’t believe it. As all of you know, my true name is rosette and based from the dictionary of names, it meant “little rose”. She suggested that all my loved ones should call me by my nickname and not my true name because it would just bring me great sorrow in the years to come. I just said okay and then she continued on reading my birthday and my signature. She suggested that I should have the end of my signature raised for career success and increased financial stability.

When it came to my birthday, I had goose bumps all over. She said that I had the gift of accuracy, meaning, whatever I say with concentration would come true. She said that I should watch my tongue because whenever I would be angry and I would say a thing to a person, it would happen. You might all laugh but my whole family believed, even before this trip to this psychic, that whatever I say at the height of my anger would come true after several days. So, you could just imagine my shock when she mentioned this. My friend knew this also so she too, was stunned when the psychic mentioned it to me. She explained the reason and it’s all because of my birthday being equivalent to the number 13. January is 1, the day is 3, 7 plus 6 is equal to 13.

She even mentioned that my aura was composed of four colors instead of the normal three: white, blue, pink and the 4th one, yellow. This yellow aura was my gift. She also said that I could sense if something would go wrong. All my family members, my boyfriend and my close friends also knew this so whenever they’re going somewhere and I felt suddenly troubled, they would cancel their trips. She suggested that I should concentrate on something positive whenever I get angry. Another thing that she mentioned to me was my palm line. (Shows the audience a drawing of palm). She said that I have two options and it’s still up to me to follow either one. She mentioned that if I chose to marry my boyfriend now my palm line would change. It amused me to find out that whatever course of action we take, our palm lines would change.

Well, I have to see after a few years if it would really change. She said that I would always travel and that I would meet up a future partner abroad should I chose not to marry my boyfriend. What’s amusing was that she didn’t know my line of work when we got there. If I cite all of her predictions of my future, this session alone wouldn’t be enough. She made her predictions and readings for almost two hours and up to now, every time I recall what she said, I couldn’t help but smile. At least, my curiosity about psychics paid off. She could sense at that time that I was hesitant and she told me that I wasn’t there to believe everything she would say, but just for me to have my curiosity satisfied.

While driving home after that, I prayed to God because at that instant, I knew that my faith wavered. The mere fact of letting that Psychic predict my future is already a sign of faithlessness. I still believe that we make our own destiny and we make our own choices and course of action. As what the sign in my room says: “Life is full of choices. Choose carefully”. How I shape my future is base on the path I choose and with God’s help, I’ll do my best to choose carefully. How about you? Will you let someone tell you on what’s in store for you in the future?

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