Blog #658: What Did the Fortune Cookie Say?

“Bend the rod while it is still hot.”

(That was my fortune cookie message.)

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Chances are excellent…

I won’t read my horoscope even once this year.

For me…

It’s not in my mental makeup to pay much heed to how the sun, planets, and moon are aligned. I did have a Tarot Card reading last summer for fun at a vegetarian food festival. I remember continuously chuckling throughout the rest of that day as I thought about what the card reader told me.

But give me a Fortune Cookie?

And I’m reading it every time.

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Now before you take me TOO seriously on this one…

Please know I’m extra big on positive affirmations and writing down goals.

I have more than a few taped on mirrors and doors.

But each is ME predicting MY future.

They’re self-written fortune cookies.

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For me…

Seeing written affirmations continuously reminds me of where I’m going…

so I make sure I get my day-to-day actions in line with my getting there.

I learned years ago…

The ideas and goals that I plant in my head and regularly “water” have a far better than average chance of growing to be real in my life.

Affirmations keep me remembering what I want to grow.

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So the fortune I highlighted at the top of this blog?

That’s mine from a recent visit to my favorite Japanese restaurant.

Maybe I just go to a restaurant with really good fortune cookies…but I admit to saving the fortunes. I have a small bag full of them from this restaurant.

Each is rich with positive intention, and often they remind me I gotta’ do something about the fortune’s wish to get the wish the fortune’s sending.

I like that part.

Putting it on me gives me a chance to win.

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It’s definitely NOT that…

I believe in the future-predicting message of fortune cookies. BUT…I do admit to believing in the affirmative, forward-thinking hope that each carries.

The energy of our day…

The success of our week…

The destiny of our life…

They can be predicted by the self-fulfilling fortune cookies printed on our thoughts. And the more we program forward-looking, visionary hope and purpose into our thoughts…the greater chance we have of turning those thoughts into our future reality.

So yep…

I’ll keep reading fortune cookies.

And for the ones I really like…

I’m going to use them to spark the best that is in me.

S.

PS: Please note…that although horoscopes and tarot cards are not my thing, they may be yours. I know successful people who absolutely find value in them. My general feeling is that if something works positively for you, and helps you be your BEST…then “you be YOU.”