Your Presence is Being Requested

A story is told of a boy who was told coldly through a narrow eye, "You are not seeing the future as I see it, and in fact I do not see happiness for you in time to come." The boy looked for the prognosticator and replied wisely, "Sir, you were not there in my past - and you do not appear at this time. But please do come and visit me in the here and now, and your eyes may open."