When was the last time a stranger did something kind for you ?

[orleans]

15. i have never believed in that karma idea (what goes around comes around)

and for a very simple reason: years ago my dear, sweet, lovely, young friend was violently murdered when she was seventeen, her body was found several days later, no one was ever caught or charged with this crime. the lives of those who loved her were never the same.

since then no one has ever been able to convince me that "karma happens" and "what goes around comes around" because that would leave her deserving of what happened and that is absolutely impossible.

i've had people try to tell me it was something that happened in her past life that brought this about--which i also believe is a crock of shit.

i believe you do these acts of kindness for others because you are able to and you know it is the right thing to do--you have the ability to show and use compassion. you don't do it thinking you'll be rewarded at a later time. you do not have an ulterior motive in mind (by hoping to be rewarded later) and that makes you a genuinely kind and caring person, and those who know you are better because of it.

what you did for sadie (and the man she lived with) was wonderful. (and, of course, those kittens.)