As a general rule, it is best to sit back and let life unfold on its own without trying to predict the future with outside help such as of a prophet Tiresias. In Oedipus; In this case, it would have solved his first problem, and therefore not even created his second. Oedipus' prophecy is what it is because he is never satisfied with what he has. The moral of the story is to relax and learn, but at a relaxed pace so as not to overdo it. To express Sophocles' point of view as bluntly as Tiresias would: "do not be stupid like Oedipus: think before you act according to a