A Firetruck, Fortune Cookie, and Dealing with Fear and the Unknown
Have you ever gotten a really bad fortune cookie? My father-in-law had a joke where he would open his fortune cookie and say, "Help, I'm trapped in a Chinese fortune cookie company!" Today, We ate at a new Chinese restaurant. When my son opened his fortune, it said, "Aren't you glad you just enjoyed a really good meal?" This had me thinking about life. How many times do you wish you could just open up a fortune cookie and know what was going to happen? Last week, I had that moment. Every morning, I heat a bowl of instant oatmeal in the microwave at work. I set the timer and started working on some files. I thought I heard the timer go off, but decided to keep working for a bit. Suddenly, I smelled smoke. As I rushed to the microwave, I saw smoke pouring out and my bowl melted to the bottom of the microwave. What you need to understand is that our building is connected with the public schools, so when a smoke alarm...