Do You Believe in Karma?

Posted on November 29, 2008 in Stories & Random Thoughts by little mochi

I do. But when do you know that you’re getting “repaid” for the good deeds you’ve done?

Last Monday, Nov 17, I was stopped at a red light on the corner of 7th and Bellflower. There was this homeless man holding up a sign that I could not read. It was really early in the morning – 5 am-ish – and it was rather cold. My past experience with homeless people really makes me not want to help them. But there was something different about this gentlemen.

Slowly, I reached into my bag and pulled out the 2 tangerines I had. As he approached my car, I rolled down my window, ready to hand over the tangerines. Instead of asking for money, he asked me for food. I thought it was kind of strange since most of the homeless people that I have encountered have asked for money. Perhaps they really weren’t homeless. Perhaps they were “working.” But this gentleman asked for food.

I could only give him the 2 clementines that I had. He took them graciously. I could tell he wanted to say something else other than his weak “Thank You” but the light had turned green.

I actually felt good. It wasn’t much, but the gesture of helping him made me feel good.

Now, I’m wondering if that was good enough for Karma.



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One Comment to “Do You Believe in Karma?”

  1. Lilly on March 2nd, 2009 11:39 am

    Well I definitely do not believe in any sort of supernatural force that gives people what they deserve, but I see your point about non-supernatural karma. The idea of people not wanting to help you after you treat them like crap has always just seemed like kind of a “duh” thing to me, but I suppose if you wanna call that non-paranormal karma you could. The only problem I have with that idea is that it won’t always be the case. In the same way there isn’t a paranormal force of karma that always gives just punishment or reward to people, there could just have easily have been people who still helped her even though she was mean. There are many people you can treat like crap and they’ll keep on helping you.

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