Truth be told, John, no matter how logical or intuitive you are, neither of these virtues, no matter how greatly you were endowed, will ever enable you to peer into the future and reasonably predict the twists and turns your life may take, nor the circumstances, fortunes, and friends that might someday be your own. It is, in fact, impossible. 

That's what imagination is for. 

Thoughts become things, 
  The Universe
John, becoming lucid in your nighttime dreams can lead to lucidity in your dream of life.... Are you up to this challenge? 

Thoughts become things... choose the good ones! ®
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So, John, how's the new year looking?
Are you ready to get lucid?