I’m a big fan of Chinese food. I’m also a fan of fortune cookies, and I generally grab a handful when I pick up an order. My husband and I generally save these little crisp, sweet, folded morsels until the end of the meal and then share our ‘fortunes’ with one another. I thought his latest was pretty good. “Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.” I was quite amused when I opened my fortune cookie and carefully removed the thin piece of paper. “It read: Warning: Do not eat your fortune.” What? This was a first in my decades of opening fortune cookies. Usually, there’s a proverb of some sort, some sage advice, or a whimsical reference to future wealth. But a cautionary warning? Was I to take this literally, was this some philosophical statement about not purposefully destroying my future, or was …
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