Karma

For many, the idea of karma is not a foreign one. Even if you don't use that particular word, you might believe in it as "you reap what you sow", or "what goes around comes around". It's the same thing, really. And I'm dealing with a serious case of it now.

Have any of you ever done something, whether through fear, poor judgment, greed, or any other reason, that maybe you THOUGHT you got away with, but eventually came back to bite you on the butt? Did you whine and complain that it just wasn't fair -- other people get away with murder, literally, and here you are getting caught for something far less than that? Or did you handle the consequences with grace and humilty, accepting what you are reaping and trying to understand the lesson in it all?

I haven't killed anyone, don't worry (lol), but I made a mistake and now I will have to pay for it. I think that although I know the actual paying for it will be difficult, I can accept that even if it takes its time, karma always plays out, and that I just have to pay for my mistake, focus on moving forward, and remind myself that I am still a very good person. Even truly good people make mistakes.

To all of you who have made mistakes that seem huge to you, and have tried to handle it with as much grace as possible, I salute you. It certainly ain't easy to do.