Human memory functions in a peculiar way. You may have forgotten significant events in your childhood that may be deemed serious, but you may remember the so called trivial details. A lot of people have clear memories of tastes and smells and other thoughts associated with food, from parties in their childhood, or just occasional treats. The same scents can bring the memories rushing back to you. We can tell you, one such smell is the aroma of freshly-baked gourmet cookies.

You must have had times when you were a child or maybe a teenager, when you used to hang around the kitchen waiting for a batch of gourmet cookies to come out of the oven. The very aroma of these warm, delicious dainties is enough to conjure up memories of the happy past. This is such a universal experience that it will be found a memory common to lots of people in all parts of the world, when they start reminiscing about their childhoods.

Imagine the whole baking process. The dough is put into the hot oven on a wire mesh tray or a cookie sheet, and it slowly releases all those pleasant odors as it turns an inviting shade of golden brown, with the brown chips of chocolate peeking out. Lots and lots of chocolate chips, so they simply melt in the mouth; the very smell of home made chocolate chip cookies can bring back all those wonderful memories of your childhood.

To lend that feeling of ultimate luxury to your special day, why not include freshly baked chocolate chip cookies, hand-dipped in milk chocolate or white chocolate? The choice is yours.

You might want to say "Thank you", "Congratulations", "Sorry" or "Happy Birthday" in a way that will be remembered. You can do just that with an assortment of special gourmet chocolate-coated fortune cookies.

So what does your fortune cookie say for today?

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You may just have a general boost financially, with some surprise money coming in from some resource you had all but forgotten.

Today is a day when you will start believing in the power of miracles. Wait and watch.

Nobody can resist your charms today. Make use of that.

Yours is a life of beauty and fulfillment. You are loved like very few people are. Success is knocking on your door. Open it and let the goodness flow in.

Love, joy, happiness and tranquility are yours for the taking. Let life give them to you. Now you are ready to welcome your good fortune. Here's how:

Choose what you want from life. Your choice could be general or specific, but the important thing is the thing that you want.

The last thing you do before falling asleep is to jot down your choice as the next day's "fortune".

Place your fortune somewhere you can find it first thing the next day. It is like the unfolding of a new gift each day.

Read and repeat your fortune to yourself at different points through the day. This will reinforce the power of your fortune.

Enjoy the whole experience. Your fortune will be translated into reality in more ways than one. You just have to be on the lookout for it.