Outcomes of a Fortune Cookie

By Jill Gandy

When dinner out with friends and family at your favorite Asian restaurant comes to an end, how does everyone pick their fortune cookie? Is it grab and go? Is the closest one chosen on an instinct? Does someone deal them out like poker cards?
What happens after the cookie is broken, eaten, and it’s message is read?
Well, follow along with me as I share the ‘Outcomes’ of my fortune cookie messages with short stories and essays that are filled with humor, inspiration, and ‘out of the box’ thinking.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Nov 12, 2019
• ISBN: 9781796064940

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Copyright © 2019 by Jill Gandy.

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Rev. date: 10/10/2019

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CONTENTS

Introduction

#1: If you want the rainbow, you must first tolerate the rain

#2: When in doubt, Be yourself

#3: A distant relationship is beginning to look more promising

#4: Success is a journey, not a destination

#5: Be willing to assert yourself in situations of great importance

#6: Your warmth radiates upon those around you

#7: Travel with an open heart and positive expectations

#8: Work on improving your exercise routine

#9: The best angle from which to approach any problem is the ‘TRY’-angle

#10: You will be changing your present line of work

#11: Investigate the new opportunity that will soon become an option

#12: You will discover something fun from your investments this month

#13: Truth? You CAN handle the Truth!

Peace of Poetry: The Fortune Cookie

#14: The Self-Proclaimed Fortune: The ability to talk to yourself is a well needed dialogue to put truth into perspective

#15: Your respect for others will be your ticket to success

#16: Past Inspirations and Experience will be Helpful in Your Job

#17: You should enhance your feminine side at this time

#18: Someone is speaking well of you

#19: Be willing to take advice as to give it.

#20: Your Love Life will be Happy and Harmonious

#21: Something on four wheels will soon be a fun investment for you

#22: A pet will grace your presence

#23: Give small gifts of yourself as if to never receive anything in return

#24: Good health will be yours for a long time

#25: You will lead a comfortable life

#26: Follow your heart for success in the coming week

INTRODUCTION

On special occasions such as birthdays and award achievements, my family and I love to celebrate by going out to eat at our local Hibachi restaurant.

As we are invited in and seated around the over-sized rectangular grill, we contemplate the deliciousness of the up and coming meal along with the entertainment of the ‘Happy Cook’ of the day. Will it be the steak, the chicken, or the shrimp hibachi that will be enticing our taste buds? How about white or fried rice to begin filling our bellies as the veggies take a little longer to sauté? Hummm, such appetizing questions. So, are you hungry?

All is fine and good as the conversation around the table is underway about why we are here in the first place. But the adventure hasn’t even begun yet.

It is at the end of the meal, and the server is on their way with the check and a hand full of the ever-mysterious fortune cookies that are ready to reveal their hidden secrets.

We pay for the meal and reach out our hand to take the cookie that is closest to us. Crack!

Many seek you out for insightful advice.

Oh, will they now, Mr., Mrs, and/or Ms. Fortune Cookie! Your wisdom can be so cryptic.

This book is dedicated to

Emma and Joshua Gandy

In hopes that when I am gone,

They will have something to look back and remember…

My humor, My happiness, and My love.

I love you both so much, Mom.

#1

If you want the rainbow, you must first tolerate the rain

Let us sit down together and not talk about the rainbow but talk about the rain. The rainbow is a given. Scientists explain it as being light that is separated into its colors by the water in the atmosphere. Believers explain it as a sign from God to never destroy life on earth again. However, the rain can come in many forms such as a slow and steady downpour that saturates the ground like a monsoon, a whirlwind like a hurricane causing havoc and devastation, a brilliant darkening of the sky with flashes of light like a thunderstorm, and the life changing convergence of all three in a perfect storm. For a beloved family member (BFM), I was ever present to witness a hurricane-like rain while keeping an eye on the rainbow.

My immediate family does a lot of camping, but we also like to cruise. My husband and I took our first cruise in early 2002. We were accompanied by my mom, dad, sister, and a close aunt and uncle. Six wonderful days of no cleaning, cooking, or driving long distances was the selling point. I, also, loved coming back to our small room after dinner to find little chocolates laying on our pillows and the towel-folded animals on our bed. Since then, my immediate and extended family have continued this style of vacationing because it has been the best bang for our buck.

We normally gather a consensus among those who have cruised with us before; to check schedules and available dates and start planning the next adventure at least a year in advance. While planning our latest cruise, my Beloved Family Member called me to tell me that she was receiving some extra cash from her tax return, so I mentioned that she and my niece should come on the cruise. She was all for it, and we booked them a room