Story Time!

"What goes around comes around."
"Karma's a bitch."
"Watch out--- it will come back to bite you."

Whether you believe in karma or you don't, we've all heard the quotes about "getting yours". Some of us deserve happiness and feel like we keep getting short changed. Some of us should probably be miserable, but end up smiling non-stop. It's easy to trash talk karma. It's easy to say that life isn't fair. Until recently, I was not a believer in karma. I would have told you that thing don't happen for a reason, they just happen. I would have given thousands of reasons that life was unfair.

After going out with a friend of mine one night, I got to thinking about a conversation we had. She told me a story about our mutual friend. Now, he's the kind of guy that prides himself on getting around (if you know what I mean). He's a great friend but I definitely would never fall for him. Anyway, he has cheated on every girl that he has ever been with. I know this because he openly talks about it at work. He used to think it was funny that he could still pick up girls even though he was in a relationship. What I didn't know was that there is only one girl that he never cheated on. Later, I came to find out that she cheated on him. He doesn't talk about her. Apparently, he let it slip to my friend. He said that he finally knows how it feels. He hasn't had a girlfriend since. I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing it is because he is waiting for a girl who is worth his loyalty. (Or, maybe this is just my hope.)

Regardless, he is a happy guy. He appears to have everything he could want. He is always in a good mood, has tons of friends, and lots of girls. I always wondered if/when he would learn his lesson about the way he treated people as if they were replaceable. I couldn't figure out why he got to be so happy all the time when he had hurt so many people throughout his life. I didn't know that he had been hurt, too. I only saw the suffer of his life. The truth is that life is far more complicated, and even when we look, we don't always see the full picture. Before you jump to conclusions or pass judgments, remember that you do not know the whole story. There is far more going on.

As Plato once said, "Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."