I read a quote that in summary stated to walk by faith and not by sight.  Not only do I believe this wholeheartedly, today I enjoyed being reminded that the greatest things that can occur in our lives, are not necessarily readily visible to our eyes.  Our ability to have faith that things that are going to be of benefit to us, will occur in their designated time.  The human emotions in all of us, want time to be sped up to the right now, when we are awaiting for something to happen that may take our circumstances by surprise and create change that has been eagerly awaited.  Conversely, we can all probably relate to an episode that we may have experienced with someone younger, where we offered the same advise and they looked at us and probably rolled their eyes at the sound of our sage words.  It is interesting that we end up in those situations where you can almost hear the words coming out of your mouth as you are saying them and in the back of your mind you can also hear those same words that were said to you by your parents or mentors many years ago.  I know that most of us have thought we would be immune from turning into our parents, especially if there were behaviors that we thought were not worth as adults.  If we were capable of seeing every consequence of our decisions in our future, we would all be considered to have some supernatural ability related to clairvoyance.  The flip side of that, would mean that if we knew everything ahead of time, I don't think we would ever grow as much as we could.  Our ability to be compassionate, have empathy or connect to others based upon their circumstances may also be quite diminished.  Therefore, although I can see the benefits of being a seer of the future, there is nothing that can substitute for personal growth based upon what we have been able to overcome or persevere through.  The spiritual muscle that has to be fully developed is our patience, along with our faith in knowing that better days are ahead of us.  We must also not forget to learn the lessons while we walk through the darker days or periods and always be of service to others that can benefit from our personal experience as they forge ahead through the path that we have previously walked.