🚀 Treasures of the Lost Fortune Cookies: Pirates of the Chocolate Chip Islands

entering the palace of possibilities

becoming the prince of positivity

surviving motivation island

when I was young,

loving school,

my favorite subject was recess

reading superhero comic books, but strangely

enjoying doing math problems for fun.

At school, I became the king of the playground,

kissing pretty girls, running fast, trying to kill me,

spitting out my chocolate kisses. . . . .

hating learning, becoming very bored,

very distracted, very deeply depressed.

becoming a mind pirate

entering a fantasy island of Gold

eating chocolate chip pirate cookies.

grades were not good, father not happy.

calling me stupid, believing him.

months tranforming into years;

becoming a man, having worst jobs

sacking groceries, delivering newspapers,

mowing lawns.

suddenly, my young mother dies.

spending seven years in college, dropping classes,

hating classes and failing classes.

at her funeral, swearing on her grave

promising to graduate, mom smiling from heaven,

throwing me kisses, opening a fortune cookie,

reading my fortune, spreading good luck upon my life

🚀Thank you! Deep Learning! Dive! Dive! Dive!

I went on to earn a PhD in English. Spending thirty years teaching, I was the director of the writing program and the director of the writing center at my university. Guess what my favorite class to teach was? World Literature! Thank you, Mother, for always believing in me, and I know you are proud of your son. Read more to be more.

Love learning and love books. Love all cultures. Most importantly, love each other.

Everyday is a day to learn on the island of motivation!