The Prophecy

Suddenly it struck my mind that most prophecies of the "day to day, commoner's life" kind come true not because the prophesiers are really capable of reading the crystal balls around. It is just because most of us believe more in the the likelihood of the hypothesis of the prediction coming true, than the other way round. 

And when it comes to prophecies foreseeing doom, destruction, despondency, struggle and whatever else not good, the majority has this tendency to play safe, and eliminate this probability outright. By doing this, we invariably  play into the prophesier's hands and making him all the more stronger and influential.

We face these choices every now and then. The last one, I resisted and did not surrender my arms. But my comrades did, as they defected to the camp of their beliefs and abandoned me. I had to surrender.

The prophesier won once again. I am not waving the white flag yet. Let the next one come.