I was wary during these, the Ides, of March

I have no idea why, but I saw the date and instantly realized it was the time of the year in which Caesar was killed (according to the Daily Rotten, this was in the year 44 A.D. on this day).

Prescient visions of the future are far and between in this age of skepticism and religion (opposing forces that both preclude the existence of knowledge of the future that is not predictive or deity-derived/linked). Although I am not a follower of prophesy, or a seer of future events per se, there is something hopeful and vibrant about the idea of a vision of things to come.

I think of Martin Luther King's re-telling of a dream that he had. His vision was a device used to promote a political and social agenda, not a true vision of the future. yet by framing it as such he hoped that he could instill this possibility and give others the ability to envision the future in this manner.

There is the idea of a person imbued with vision. These individuals are seen only as such after their vision has manifested. Without the predictive ability, these goals would not have been achieved. A vision has an aspect of bi-directionality to it; the projection of oneself and others into this conceptualization leads to its manifestation.

Opening others minds to the possibility can allow it to happen, since the possibility now exists.