John Y’s Musings from the Middle: Fortune Cookies

I love Asian restaurants, and I really like the taste of Fortune Cookies.

And, yes, I always read my fortune.

You never know.  But lately my vision has declined and I am no longer able to make our my fortune on Fortune Cookies. I can make out a few key words and the beginning or ending clause —but no specifics. Just enough to get a general idea that it is basically good news for me (or something upbeat).

That can be reassuring –but only if you can be certain. My idea is that an especially big Fortune Cookie be created for people over 45. It’s more about the cookie for us. And instead of large print with a long quote, just have a large thumbs up or thumbs down.

That’s all we want at this age. Details aggravate and confuse us.

I don’t care If my fortune is about travel, finances, business, health, whatever. The only news I want from my Fortune Cookie is whether things are looking good for me or not.

That’s it. And a bigger cookie