Saturday 31 December 2016

Fortune Cookie

We went out for dim sum yesterday with my family and in-laws. AJ was moseying about being cute, and one of the staff gave her a fortune cookie (nobody else got one).

It said:
be prepared to modify your plan
Be prepared to modify your plan

I thought that was a very sound piece of advice for parenting, teaching, or life in general. Actually, I think it might as well be my resolution for 2017. The one thing I feel quite certain of is that I will have to modify plans. Remembering that also helps me to not worry so much about things that don't work out the way I envisioned at a particular point in time.

Happy New Year. Thanks for reading.

8 comments:

  1. Happy New Year! That is a good resolution! I'm still here reading even though I haven't been commenting much.

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  2. Happy new year! What a great fortune cookie message. You're right -- for any situation, being able to modify is key to not losing your mind. Love that resolution and your thoughts in the last sentence!

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    1. Thanks! January is my least favourite month of the year so this is as close as I get to a "resolution": other than pleeeaaaase let me survive it!

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  3. Best. Fortune cookie. EVER. :) Happy New Year!

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    1. Thank you! I think it's the first one I've ever seen that I agree with, 100%. Haha! happy new year to you.

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    1. One of the few I'm sure I can always live by!

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