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Fortune Cookie Wisdom: Focused On Me?

December 14, 2016 By Gail

 

Yes, forgetting can be a curse, especially as we age. But forgetting is also one of the more important things healthy brains do, almost as important as remembering. Think how quickly the sheer volume and multiplicity of sensory information we receive every waking minute would overwhelm our consciousness if we couldn’t quickly forget a great deal more of it than we remember.”

–Michael Pollan

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Photo of me (out of film?) by Russell Monk

Our Chinese meal concluded, the bill comes with two wrapped fortune cookies.  My husband and I wave our hands over them and will the Universe to give us wisdom beyond understanding.  Failing that, at least  a good laugh.

Last week this one came our way…

Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don’t have film.

I snorted with a little too much recognition.  Even in the digital age my battery runs out of juice somedays or I forget to put the memory card in the camera.  But eventually the important stuff comes back, and life goes on.

Laughing at myself?  The best part of my day!

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Filed Under: The Best Part Of My Day Tagged With: Fortune Cookies, humor, memory loss

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