A conversation I had today reminded me about something interesting.

About a month ago, I got a fortune cookie that said “Don’t be hasty. Prosperity will soon knock on your door.”. I seem to recall lamenting the fact that I didn’t have a girl in my life. Guess what? a few weeks later, it was brought to my attention that a girl (who I’m now dating) had a big crush on me. Coincidence? I’m doubting it.

Sure, sometimes if you get a fortune cookie it may say something stupid like “don’t do drugs”. But when you actually get a fortune, pay attention to it. You might wind up in the midst of a self-fulfilling prophecy. This here link, albeit funny, shows what having a fortune cookie fortune come true or false can do to people. I recommend reading it, it’s a pretty funny story.

Well, that’s all from me. It’s kinda disjointed, but i hope you look at fortune cookies in a new, happier way.

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Today I found a quote by some Norwegian guy named Dag Hammarskjold:

“Never complain about how high a mountain is until you reach the top. Then you will see how low it really was.”

And that quote made me think – obstacles. Too often we complain or avoid potentially tough or dangerous obstacles when in reality, the rewards those obstacles bring are great. Say you start out in a line of work you’re interested in as the office bitch. Sure, that job may suck, but eventually as you start to gain company credit, your job gets better until you’re eventually at the top of your field with a job you love.

Sorry for putting up 2 Philosophies in a row – I just kind of felt like doing this one, you know?

Well, that’s it for me. See you all in a few days, sweet readers.

You know, one of the most frustratingly difficult things about being teenaged is the sudden wave of emotions and hormones and all that crap that you suddenly have to deal with.

Remember back in high school when you liked a member of the opposite sex? What did you do. I’m willing to bet it was one of these 3 things:
a) Watch from afar in an almost creepy way.
b) Take some initiative and try and do dating-type things with them.
c) Watch from afar for a while, psych yourself out for failure, then try and date them only to establish your self-fulfilling prophecy and watch as they reject you.

Sound familiar at all? Too many times I myself have fallen prey to the first and third choices, and I’m sure many of you have as well. I put the blame on the emotion rollercoaster.

You see, lots of people don’t realize the influence our emotions really have on us. In the above example, emotions such as fear, anxiety, and uncertanity have a huge influence over what we would do with the girl or guy. Here’s another one for you: Ever been having a bad day, and just lash out at people, even though it’s not their fault at all that you’re mad? Anger is taking hold of you, posessing you to do these things.

As of now, I don’t really have much of a solution to our problems. I’m a busy kid, after all. But I’ll give you a little advice: try and keep your head when your emotions might want to take over and make what could be a rational decision very, very irrational.

Enough of that, then. Also: If you’ll look toward your right, you’ll see another link to a website of a friend of mine. Check it out sometime.