If you think you’re going to sum up your whole life on this little bit of paper, you’re crazy. (fortune
cookie saying)
Who
doesn’t love fortune cookies and the crazy things they often reveal to
us. Hidden inside these cookies made of flour, sugar, vanilla and
sesame oil
are curious instructions chock full of profound thoughts, unusual
notions and zany ideas.
Here
are some facts you may or may not have known about fortune cookies,
which I find particularly nasty to eat. They are not sold in China. By
all
accounts, fortune cookies originated in Japan. A large majority of the
actual cookies are produced in Brooklyn, New York, where they produce
over four million a day. And most of the sayings come from a company
based in San Francisco.
So, in honor of this strange little treat, I decided to gather a bunch of
sayings that I believe you would or could find when you open up a
fortune cookie:
PROFOUND THOUGHTS
Be resolved and the thing is done.
Our pleasures are shallow, our troubles deep.
A cynic is only a frustrated optimist
A fanatic is one who can’t change his mind, and won’t change the subject
UNUSUAL NOTIONS
One foot cannot stand in two boats at once.
You cannot clap with one hand.
A conclusion is simply a place where you got tired of thinking.
He who throws dirt is losing ground.
ZANY IDEAS
Never set the tiger free, if you live in the mountain.
Never forget a friend, especially if he owes you.
How much deeper would the ocean be without sponges?
When in anger sing the alphabet
With
all that said, remember it is always good to gather information through
life experiences. Fortune cookies are a great reminder to allow
yourself
to be inspired by what we see and hear every day. And at the same
time, like with fortune cookies, we need to be discriminating when we
encounter something utterly ridiculous and hit the mental delete
button.
Like in life, when reading curious instructions always take the good with the bad.
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