Christine Casey ~ Change Begins with Choice

I thought I’d have a little fun this week with my post, and share some of the sayings I’ve collected from fortune cookies…what I like to refer to as “Fortune Cookie Wisdom”.

Do you know where the Fortune Cookie originated from? Much to most American’s surprise, it is not a Chinese invention ~ fortune cookies were actually invented in California. One legend is that in the 1900’s, a plan was created to transform San Francisco’s Chinatown from a ghetto into a cute tourist attraction, to promise visitors a real Oriental experience. Supposedly, increased tourism led to the invention of the fortune cookie to fill the void of a dessert item. In the 1930’s, in order to fill the visitors demands for a dessert, a worker in San Francisco’s Kay Heong Noodle Factory invented a plain flat cookie, and while still warm, was folded around a little piece of paper on which a hand-written prediction or piece of Chinese wisdom would be found.

One of my favorite restaurant’s is Pei-Wei’s, and with as frequently as I visit there (wish they offered something similar to “frequent flyer miles”…ha~ha), I have tons of “Fortune Cookie Wisdom” to choose from (lol!) ~ here are some of my favorites that I’ve kept:

• Good luck is the result of good planning.
• The simplest answer is to act.
• Advancement will come with hard work.
• Your love of life can carry you through any circumstance.
• Always surround yourself with true friends.
• There will be many surprises: unexpected gains are likely.
• Adventure can be a real happiness.
• A great man never ignores the simplicity of a child.
• Be assertive when decisive action is needed.
• You are a lover of words, someday you should write a book.
• The courage to be great lies deep within each of us.
• The love of your life will appear in front of you unexpectedly!
• The problems of today will soon be buried by the sand of time.
• Honesty and friendship bring you fortune.
• Learning is a treasure which accompanies us everywhere.
• Take the advice of a faithful friend.
• Luck will visit you on the next new moon.
• You will soon emerge victorious from the maze you’ve been traveling in.
• Do not let great ambitions overshadow small success.
• Happier days are definitely ahead of you.
• A quiet evening with friends is the best tonic for a long day.
• The respect and help of influential people will soon be yours.
• Many successes will accompany you this year.
• You are never selfish with your advice or your help.
• Set the right example. It will inspire others.
• Endurance and persistence will be rewarded.

Yes, I know…a couple of them are rather “silly”, yet quite a few do make you s top and think ~ so much so, that I’ve shared some of them on my Facebook page ~ do any of them seem familiar? 

I hope you’ve enjoyed my “off the beaten path” post this week…and BTW, my blog’s byline is from a fortune cookie

P.S. I appreciate you stopping by and would enjoy hearing your personal thoughts about these various fortune cookie sayings, how about you, have you ever come across a fortune cookie wisdom that really had significance or special meaning for you? Please feel free to share in the comment box below. And, if you have found my post to be of value to you, and feel it would also be to others, then please free free to share it with your friends on Twitter, Facebook, etc.