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| <h6>Author</h6> | ||
| <h1>Paulo Coelho</h1> | ||
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| So the tribesmen lived only for the present, | ||
| because the present was full of surprises, and they had to be aware | ||
| of many things: Where was the enemy’s sword? Where was his | ||
| horse? What kind of blow should one deliver next in order to | ||
| remain alive? The camel driver was not a fighter, and he had | ||
| consulted with seers. Many of them had been right about what they | ||
| said, while some had been wrong. Then, one day, the oldest seer he | ||
| had ever sought out (and the one most to be feared) had asked why | ||
| the camel driver was so interested in the future. | ||
| “Well…so I can do things,” he had responded. “And so I can | ||
| change those things that I don’t want to happen.” | ||
| “But then they wouldn’t be a part of your future,” the seer had | ||
| said. | ||
| “Well, maybe I just want to know the future so I can prepare | ||
| myself for what’s coming.” | ||
| “If good things are coming, they will be a pleasant surprise,” said | ||
| the seer. “If bad things are, and you know in advance, you will suffer | ||
| greatly before they even occur.” | ||
| “I want to know about the future because I’m a man,” the camel | ||
| driver had said to the seer. “And men always live their lives based | ||
| on the future.” | ||
| The seer was a specialist in the casting of twigs; he threw them | ||
| on the ground, and made interpretations based on how they fell. | ||
| That day, he didn’t make a cast. He wrapped the twigs in a piece of | ||
| cloth and put them back in his bag. | ||
| “I make my living forecasting the future for people,” he said. “I | ||
| know the science of the twigs, and I know how to use them to | ||
| penetrate to the place where all is written. There, I can read the | ||
| past, discover what has already been forgotten, and understand the | ||
| omens that are here in the present. | ||
| “When people consult me, it’s not that I’m reading the future; I | ||
| am guessing at the future. The future belongs to God, 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. Forget about the future, and live each day | ||
| according to the teachings, confident that God loves his children. | ||
| Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity.” | ||
| The camel driver had asked what the circumstances were under | ||
| which God would allow him to see the future. | ||
| “Only when he, himself, reveals it. And God only rarely reveals | ||
| the future. When he does so, it is for only one reason: it’s a future | ||
| that was written so as to be altered.” | ||
| God had shown the boy a part of the future, the camel driver | ||
| thought. Why was it that he wanted the boy to serve as his | ||
| instrument? | ||
| “Go and speak to the tribal chieftains,” said the camel driver. | ||
| “Tell them about the armies that are approaching.” | ||
| “They’ll laugh at me.” | ||
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