Fortune Cookie

I broke open a fortune cookie today. You want to guess what it said? It said, "A lifetime of happiness lies ahead of you". Then I thought what if you are not in my future. This really wouldn't make much sense to others, but this one really struck me deep. You were not mentioned in my "lifetime of happiness". If your name is absent, then that clarifies your absence and your absence means my deficiency. I've pictured you in my distant future for so long now. Now I am not so sure what I should see when I imagine anything from here to eternity. It is indubitably hard to think of my happiness without you. Is there any way to change what that insignificant, yet so significant little slip of paper has printed on it? The more thought I put into it the larger my anxiety intensifies, but then I think who puts much hope or stock into fortune cookies anyways.



JDM