Chinese Fortune Cookies

A peaceful hello to you and wishes for happiness. I would like to share with you an experience with "Fortune Cookies".

Chinese food is great. I like the "New York" style take out, the "All You Can Eat" buffets, and the regular old Chinese Restaurants where you can have a big Scorpion Bowl for two. The presentation is the novelty at these types of establishments. The decor, music, and flaming food and drink displays are quite the show. At the end of your meal, regardless of which style of dining was chosen, there is the famous "Fortune Cookie".

I have never gotten a bad fortune from a fortune cookie and don't even think they would make a bad fortune. Saturday night, my family, Shawna, Dylan, and I went to a Chinese Buffet. At the end of our meal we received 3 fortune cookies. We each grabbed a cookie and opened it up to reveal the fortune inside.

My fortune should have gone to Shawna, Shawna's fortune should have been for Dylan and Dylan's should have been for me. I always thought a fortune cookie was just a wise Chinese proverb or whimsical bit of wisdom and that it could relate to anyone reading it.

Even though our fortunes didn't match us individually, they did match each of us at the table to a T. The fortune I received was, "Do not dwell on differences with a loved one-try to compromise." Shawna, can be hard-headed and we as a family had an experience with her hard-headedness earlier in the day.

Shawna's fortune was, "Your hard work is about to pay off. Congratulations!" Dylan has been studying very hard for his ASVAB test, which he will be taking this Thursday.

Dylan's fortune was, "Admire those who succeed, and learn from their success." I always try to learn from people that are successful and I try to learn from their mistakes as well as my own too.

Certainly, these are ordinary personality traits, however, it did seem as if they were honed into our current personal situations a little more than usual. We were surprised and humored by the accuracy of those fortune cookies, even if we did select the wrong ones. Perhaps it was a way for us to realize something about each other that we were taking for granted. Whatever it takes to show love and respect for each other is fine by me, even a fortune cookie.

Pursuing Peace and Happiness!

Laura