Just ask my friends and co-workers, and they will tell you – I’m always talking about synchronicity and how the events of our life our so interconnected.
Of course, many times we don’t connect these events until after they happen, and many people don’t even look back to connect the dots at all. But the other day, a funny thing happened to me with a fortune cookie that I think illustrates our connection to the universe, and I wanted to share it!
After eating Chinese food for dinner, I looked at the array of fortune cookies sitting on the table, and suddenly had a thought – “Wouldn’t it be funny if the cookie I picked had a message intended for me? Can the universe actually speak to us through a cookie?”
At the time, I was working hard on a number of projects for Elevated Existence, and had spoken to a friend that morning about the common frustration of things not moving fast enough for me! Patience was never my virtue, although I am learning to cultivate it!
So I summoned my intuition, and chose a cookie. Here is what it said:
“All the effort you are making will ultimately pay off.”
Now skeptics will tell me half of the fortune cookies in the world probably have the same message, and maybe one or two others on the table had it, too. But I chose to take it as encouragement from the universe telling me to keep doing what I’m doing, and all my goals will be achieved.
Just think about what went into getting that exact fortune onto my kitchen table. The manufacturer had to get it shipped to a distributor. Then that distributor had to pack the exact box with my fortune cookie in it, and decide to deliver it to my local Chinese restaurant. Then I had to decide I wanted Chinese food that evening, and the man or woman who packed the order for food had to choose this exact cookie amongst a bunch of other cookies to put in my bag. And finally, out of the five sitting on my table, I picked this one. That is one amazing journey for a fortune cookie – which to me is synchronicity at its best!
You see, the universe is always trying to communicate to us, but often we are too busy or too skeptical to pay attention and recognize the messages it sends. And you know what? Even if every fortune cookie on my table had the exact same fortune, the difference is, I choose to believe this is a message for me, and that I will attain my goals. And aren’t we living in a universe created out of our thoughts and beliefs?
Tammy Mastroberte
Founder, Publisher & Editorial Director
Elevated Existence Magazine
http://www.elevatedexistence.com
oh wow, I am so with you on the synchronistic cookie trail and then I noticed your name. feel free to check out my blogs if you get a minute. Tammy x
I must say, I love fortune cookie messages. Thanks for sharing!
Every time I have ever gone to a Chinese restaurant, I’ve always gotten a cookie with a message that resonated with me perfectly. It always brings a smile to my face and joy in my heart. I always consider it a synchronicity and a whisper from God.:)
I once bought a couple boxes of Yogi Tea without knowing that the tea bags have messages on them. I still have one of them. It says, “Let your heart guide you”. It was synchronistic then but even more so now.:)
Thank you for sharing this.:)