Finding Fortune

As customary in most Chinese buffets, they give a fortune cookie at the end of the meal. When I am with a group of people I take the cookie after some thought. Which one do I take? Do I take the one that was put in front of me? Or do I take one that was placed away from me? While I do not believe that a cookie will have my magic numbers or even be able to tell my future, I do believe that everything happens for a reason and the fortune you read is one that you were meant to read.

Yesterday, a group of co-workers and I went out to a buffet. At the end our table was presented with the check and our fortune cookies. I was the second to grab one, and had the choice of the one closest to me, the one just to the right of that one, and one furthest away from me. When I reached for the cookies, my hand drifted over and I took the one on the right. I never eat the cookie, I do not believe I need to for the fortune to have any more merit. So as per my usual, I crushed the cookie while it was still in the bag and then opened to see my prize.

I was amused to not find just one fortune, but two. I could already tell that this was going to be a delight and paraded around my two fortunes before even reading them. Neither fortune was facing the outside; only the lucky numbers were visible. After noting this I decided on a side to read first.

"You will find your solution where you least expect it."

I thought this fortune to be a bit vague. It seemed like just an ordinary fortune, until I read my next fortune...

"You will be selected for a promotion because of your accomplishments."

That had me beaming from ear to ear. Not only did it bear fun news, but it also tied in the first fortune. The solution now being the answer to whether or not I made my promotion had been found in the most unlikely of places: the surprise second fortune in a fortune cookie. I would never expect to get an answer from a cookie, let alone find a second fortune in the same cookie with my answer.

~Skate