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 A new blog to contain answers to prompts |
Since my old blog "Everyday Canvas "  became overfilled, here's a new one. This new blog item will continue answering prompts, the same as the old one. Cool water cascading to low ground
To spread good will and hope all around.  |
| Prompt: Fortune Cookies Your fortune cookie says, "Love mankind, trust the majority, and never owe anyone." Would you eat that cookie or believe everything it says? ======== I'll certainly eat the cookie, since I do like cookies. As to what it says, I trust nothing. Case in point, six years ago, an old friend from NY came to visit us. I don't know where he got them, (I'm guessing possibly China Town), but he brought us a box of fortune cookies. My husband's cookie congratulated him for having at least fifty more years of life. Unfortunately, hubby passed away five months later. Well, so much for fortune cookies! Then, about what this prompt's fortune cookie says, I guess its possibility of truth is close to 50%. Love mankind? Sure. And why not, it is my kind. Trust the majority? I dare you! And never owe anyone? Now, that's the trick question. Never owe anyone what? If it is talking about money, well, maybe. But I may owe so much to so many people in my lifetime without even knowing about it. Even those people I've never met who had an effect on my present life, like George Washington, like the teachers of my teachers, like all the inventors, creators, explorers, in addition to Writing.com and other such avenues I dared to wander in. What I mean is this. My debt to life and the people I've met is not a ledger of transactions to be balanced. Instead it has to do with gratitude and an awareness of recognizing every smile, every nice encouraging word, every interaction, no matter how big or small. What I owe such people, ideas, and things has to be the continuation of their positive impact on me. In other words, the people I've met have shaped me, beginning with my mother, friends, and my extended family. They've planted seeds of ideas in me, nurtured my dreams, and challenged my decisions and my ways of looking at things. When and if I can embody the best of what they've taught me, when and if I can carry forward their kindness, their wisdom, or their courage into my own life, will I be able to repay such debts that transcend simple reciprocity. Is this ever possible? I guess not. So "never owe anyone" in this fortune cookie is a false positive. However, just maybe, I may be able to repay a tiny bit of it by working toward finding my best self. This doesn't mean a flawless performance, but rather an honest attempt to be kind, to be supportive, and to contribute positively to others' lives. This is because, possibly, when I interact with others, I may be able to uplift them or, at least, I can try. This is the choice I might make to pay forward what I owe. Still, even if I could do that, I don't think I can ever repay my real debt for what's come my way in my entire lifetime. Well, so much for this fortune cookie!  |
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