2024-01-17
Fortune cookie reflections, part 1
My thoughts on fortunes collected from actual fortune cookies I've eaten.
Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.
It's a cute fortune, and I suppose that there's probably a lot of reality in this statement. But shouldn't it be nearly the opposite? I think that love is the choice to put the interests of others ahead of one's own. I want to propose that love is the discovery of others in ourselves, and the conscious decision to delight therein.
Write your life's events in a journal.
Write the story of your life in stone. I'm not talking about keeping a Moses journal; nor that journaling isn't a good idea. But take bold leaps in life that will carve an unmistakable and enduring record, and give witness to anyone else who cares to read it.