Randomness from JT #3

I have been thinking recently, for no reason in particular, about birthday cards especially. About two weeks ago, I looked back at a bunch of stuff I have saved from past years, and I found a birthday card which I had received from a great-aunt a few years ago. Now this card makes me laugh every time I think of it. Imagine this: You have traveled for weeks to a remote mountain peak to seek the wisdom of an Indian guru who lives on said peak as a hermit. You struggle up to the top, exhausted. When you look up, the guru is looking down at you. He says "What is it that you have come to ask about, my young friend? Is it the secret to happiness, as it always seems to be?" In a tired tone, as if he has been answering the question ever since he retreated to the mountain peak where he was supposed to be left alone. "Yes." You groan in reply, wondering how long you'll be able to hold on before you lose your grip and plunge to a grisly death. "Well" the ancient guru replies slowly, stroking his long white beard. "The secret to happiness is to remember this one truth: Not all birthday cards contain money." He smiles, looking down at you as if you were a toddler. Dismayed at his answer, you forget where you are, lose your grip, and plunge to a grisly death after all, after learning the third great truth of life: that NOT ALL BIRTHDAY CARDS CONTAIN MONEY!