Hey Y'all-
It has been a while. I am wondering if any of you are like me. My favorite part about the Fortune Cookie, isn't the cookie but the fortune itself. It's interesting because there is a chance that what you read on those small strips of paper is not going to be anything worthwhile.. Sometimes it is and most of the time it's worthy of a chuckle.
Well I had the luxury of opening 3 fortune cookies... I was in a mood and no I didn't eat any of the cookies actually.
My first fortune:
Treat yourself with the same dignity and respect you give others.
My second fortune:
Inspiration within is waiting for you. It's time to go deep.
My third fortune:
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it
What the HECK! If someone wanted me to get a message, I guess I got it.Well I guess I am more open to receiving it. You might be reading these and going what's the big deal- the one thing I find salient about fortunes, they always speak right into a situation I am in.
In regards to the first one- I am a giver. Naturally. I love to love on people. And I have a lot of loyalty in friendships and all of my relationships. I honor people, the dignity and respect- yup that's me. But it's easier to shower and bless others than it is for me to shower and bless myself. Or be willing to receive the honor and blessings that others might give me. If you put me up in the middle of a room to praise me, I will literally lose my mind.
But the thing I have been contemplating for a while is this ideal or concept that has been passed along regarding love. Something to the effect of " Love yourself first, so that you can love others." I think this fortune stands up there. I am learning to...
Then the second one:
I have been on this journey of figuring out who I am, what motivates me and what my next chapter will look like. I think there has been a little bit of a point where I have caught glimpses of how others view me. It has been exciting and wonderful and weird and yeah. But if you ask me to dig deeper into my feelings or my thoughts, I don't want to get that raw. But I am looking for that drive that kick that pushes me to the next place and I guess it means I have to be willing to be more vulnerable and open. Interestingly enough, I have been talking about just that with a friend of mine, regarding a situation I am in and it's funny how while the outcomes and the circumstances are a little different, how I get there has to be the same.
And finally the third one:
If you can't tell these three fortunes actually are well connected. Or at least my situations are so close that these fortunes resonate LOUDLY within them.
But in regards to this last one- "Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it." I am an advice giver! My friends are constantly coming to me and asking me my thoughts and opinions. I am in the space of knowing for myself that I am not one who is willing to take her own advice though. So while my friends are reaping these big rewards, I am chillin in the same circumstances that I am in. I guess moral of the story, take better care of myself, be willing to be vulnerable and take my own advice!
We'll see how it goes...
