Psychic predictions

A reader inquired if I am really psychic. I KNEW that I was going to be asked that, therefore, I must be psychic.

People want reassurance. Even mature people want to hear the motherly advice: "Don't cry. Everything will be all right".

If you know what will happen, you can plan and improve your chances of handling the situation better than if you were unprepared. This is why even a prediction of bad things to come, which on the surface cannot make you happy, may actually prepare you to face future problems.

Suppose that I predicted a financial hardship in your future. Wouldn't this make you think about your current financial position? Sure, it would. You would assess your debts, sources of income, resources at your disposal, risky investments, etc. If you believed my prediction, you would sell your risky investments and reduce your debt to prepare to meet the predicted hardship.

Even if the prediction was pulled out of the air and not by the use of miraculous psychic powers, it had the effect of making you think about your future and help you to organize your financial situation.