“The further and deeper we contemplate the future, the greater our capacity to shape it according to our desires.”

The 50th Law, Chapter 1, Intense Realism

As rational and self-aware beings, we are naturally inclined to consider the future.

It is part of our consciousness to wonder what lies ahead.

Despite this innate tendency, however, most people restrict their vision of the future to the very near term—tomorrow’s tasks, next week’s obligations, what the coming months might hold.

This is not necessarily due to a lack of imagination, but often because of fear and the overwhelming demands of the present.

We are so entangled in immediate struggles, so consumed by what confronts us today, that lifting our gaze beyond the short term feels not only difficult, but almost reckless.