As I scrounged for a quick work snack and scanned the dining room table for something (anything!), I quickly spotted a fortune cookie.  Without hesitation, I grabbed it…and like a starving savage, ripped open the plastic, crushed it in the mighty palm of my hand (humor me okay.) and started chomping away on the cookie.  I must admit, I was surprisingly satisfied with that crispy delight.

As I chewed the last of my bite, I had unknowingly snatched the fortune inside, glanced at it for all of .000009 seconds, and proceeded to toss it in the garbage.  BUT, in that .0000009 seconds, the fortune caught my eye.  I guess I was too caught up in my tasty treat that the little paper seemed worthless to me.  So…like the trash digger that I became…I reached in ever so carefully and picked that fortune back up in my hand and out of the garbage.  Lucky for me it was still on the very top and not yet consumed by nasty-ooey-gooey-old-stanky-trash.  I did a double take, and read it again. Let’s just say, even though fortunes are quite general and entirely false (yet lucky guesses)…this one brought a smile to my face.  Not because the words on that little strip of paper predicted my fortune, but because I realized that those words were actually true for me. I’ve just been so caught up (I admit I am sort of a workaholic) and hadn’t given myself any time to pause to appreciate my state of being. Forget the star. I’ve got some wonderful blessings shining on me….from the One who created the stars.  And with that last thought, I closed the mighty palm of my hand around the little strip of meaningless paper and chose to assign meaning to it and keep it on my desk as a reminder.

But, first I snapped a photo of it of course.

And whatdaya know? I am happy.

I don’t normally use any cross processing, but I was in the mood for it…so there.