I went out to eat Thursday night. I had two fortune cookies. I think they definitely say good things:
"Sharing little joys offers great hope to others."
"No man is a failure who is enjoying life."
And just for a fun little game, for those of you who play the lottery, here are the numbers on them in the same respective order as above:
11, 14, 20, 25, 29, 30
8, 10, 14, 39, 40, 45
Now if anyone wins, just remember who shared these numbers. :) Hehehe!
7 comments:
"No one is failure who is enjoying life."
Yes! That was what I wanted to say.
It doesn't matter if I am enlightened or not as long as I am happy now.
i can not see how 'happiness' is a better state than any other...happiness can be so inappropriate in so many instances...unkind, insensitive in many cases to ones' environment, that i fail to see why it is the 'preferred' state.
were anne frank or gandhi 'happy' or were they more in tune with the reality of the world to feel otherwise.
I guess they were happy doing what they were doing! Inspite of the circumstances.
A number of "enlightened people" don't consider Ghandi a saint for being a vain exhibitionist. But who cares? As long as he was happy most of the time. I believe being depressed most of the time is not a healthy state.
As for Anne Frank herself she has to keep herself happy by writing her diary. A long face could mean a long day in the dark, without sunlight.
Endure the present but be happy.
Blow'n...
On the other hand I understand what you mean. Having a wide grin while somebody or the rest of the group are being serious or unhappy seems vain and arrogant, and uncaring.
I know a guy who smiles a lot and looks happy all the time even when some people are down. He doesn't seem to have any anxiety at all. One day I tried to imitate him, thinking it was such a good thing. I grinned like the Buddha. But after a while I realized my fault.
These days I try not to laugh too much and too loudly. Alone in my car driving home I can really laugh like crazy.
Stacey,
Thanks for sharing your little joys.
i got the "no one is a failure..." fortune yesternight (3feb2007) at a restaurant with some old college friends, before seeing the midnight show of RUSHMORE. [smile]
also, about a week ago, i had a dream that ended with numbers shown to me like a subtitle on a movie screen of my dream.... all i recalled was that the first two numbers were 8, and 10...and then the 10 turned into a smiley face.
[shrug][smile]
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i got the "no one is a failure..." fortune yesternight (3feb2007) at a restaurant with some old college friends, before seeing the midnight show of RUSHMORE.
also, about a week ago, i had a powerful dream that ended with a string of numbers shown to me like a subtitle on a movie screen of my dream.... soon all i could recalll were the first two numbers: 8, and 10...and then the 10 turned into a smiley face.
[shrug][smile]
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