Fortune Cookies

For me, Fortune Cookies have always meant so much more than just a laugh at the table from adding "in bed" to the end of each sentence.

I know the whole Fortune Cookie thing is overrated and hokey and everything but before you jump to conclusions, just hear me out.

I've always had a thing about them.

Generally when ordering Chinese, they'd always be the last things left, untouched, at the bottom of a paper brown bag. More often than not, I'd leave them there, not really thinking twice about what secret message lay inside of them. But for some reason, over the years, I found that every time I cracked open one of those darned silly things, it's as if they knew my exact situation and knew exactly what words would hit home the most.

Before you go on to contradict me about how fortune cookies are made specifically to address really general situations in order to appeal to everyone, I have never picked one up that's ever been wrong.

In recent time, they've done nothing but echo what my heart had been telling me but what my brain refused to accept. And for that, I am incredibly grateful.

Call me superstitious, but I'm one of those people who sorta looks for signs from the universe before making any drastic decisions or realizations.

As long as four months ago, the one I picked up was "Accept something that you cannot change, and you will feel better."

I've been living by that one as truthfully as I could ever since then.

In the last two days, the ones I got were "Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out." and more relevant still, "Let hatred turn into friendship because of your existence."

So you see, those little leaflets mean more to me than they probably should, but we all need something to believe in, and let's just say I believe in Fortune Cookies and good friends.

Hasta la próxima,

Much love xoxo

Maya