What's this obsession with the future?

Why are people so concerned about the 'Future'? Whomsoever you meet, wherever you see, all worries of mankind are related to the future! Right from a 16-year old kid who is worried if he would be able to crack his IIT exam 2 years hence, to a senior economist who is already predicting the GDP of his country in 2020, everyone is concerned about what the future has in store! SMS Contests on TV Channels & Websites on who will win the Cricket World Cup 2011 have already started doing the rounds! The mother of a new-born starts worrying from day 1 (yeah! day one!!) about what her child would become when he/she grows big. Moreover, some insane people (who call themselves astrologers) make a living out of this belief of humans that this unpredictable thing called 'Future' can actually be predicted!

Infact, the whole of Financial World thrives on this profession of analyzing the past, understanding the present and predicting the Future... Wizards from top Business schools of the world form this so called 'elite bunch of intellectuals' of the Financial community... Where did these brains go when the whole world was reeling under financial distress?? Some asshole from this same 'elite' community must have researched in 2006 that the 'Future' of US Housing market is very promising, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Sometimes I wonder, why can't people live in the 'Present' and stay happy. Why worry about something over which you don't have control? Why to have expectations from the future; and then, when the future unwrap's surprises, things like misery, sadness and even madness start to creep into one's life. By living in the present, I don't intend to ask people to stop dreaming! Bcos, no dream in the world would have ever come true had people behind realizing those dreams not dreamt of it. What I am only coming at is, stop worrying about what lies in store in future; Dream how you want your future to be and work towards realizing it. Live in the moment, and enjoy every bit of it.

"Live as if today is the last day of your life!!!" (borrowed from Robin Sharma's TMWSHF)