Wolf:
The main thrust of my statement was that I had asked the Tolna Rebbe what to do and he gave me an answer. My own personal thoughts on the matter are irrelevant- it would be just as great if a checked popped in the mail the night before my daughter turns 18. Harbeh shluchim ika l’makom.
I’m not sure if I agree with you that “Eizehu chacham- haro’eh es hanolad” is a call to prepare for things to come. I think da’as is the ability to act according to the chochmah that you have. Regardless, I think I was mekayem this mishnah by asking the Tolna Rebbe in the first place:
i saw the nolad (my daughter will need to get married and I will need money)
and then I was mekayem aseh lcha rav (I asked the Tolna Rebbe what I should do).
Then I was mekayem “eizehu chacham halomen mikol adam” He taught me that this far away from a chasunah I should not begin any hishtadlus and should rely on bitachon alone.