Karma

Karma. A five-letter word that carries a lot of meaning.

Karma is also known as ‘what goes around, comes around’.

I’ve had my karma moments…the receiving end that is. In fact, I still experience karma every now and then…followed by the ‘aha’ moment.

That word is thrown around a lot today. An often-used saying is, ‘Karma is a bitch’. It certainly is if you’re on the receiving end of it. If you’re on the outside looking in, sometimes there’s just a bit more pleasure in it.

I’m sure we’ve all had moments while driving where another driver deserves nothing short of life in prison for tail-gating, driving too slow, not using a turn signal, flashing their lights, honking their horn, etc.

I had my driver’s license for many years when about ten years ago a vehicle behind our group (we were on our motorcycles leaving the Tomahawk Rally in northern Wisconsin), was trying to pass us and was driving erratically. He finally got around us driving much faster than the posted speed limit. About a mile or two down the road, said driver was pulled over and having a conversation with a State Trooper. I cannot believe how good that made me feel. Every now and then that scenario crosses my mind and I wonder what the driver was thinking when he saw our bikes driving by. That was the only time I actually experienced that.

Then there is generational karma. You talked back to your parents when you were a teenager. Then our kids talked back to us. Now our grandchildren are following suit. How many times did your parents say to you, “Wait until you have kids of your own.”

When I was younger…in my twenties and thirties…I actually got angry when I would read or hear about an innocent person getting hurt or tragically killed by another individual. I wanted to hear about swift and immediate justice. Of course that’s not always the case. Now I just smile because I know that individual will get his / her comeuppance…aka karma. It’s inevitable.

A couple I know is going through a trying time right now with the husband’s ex-wife. Since I know both of these women, I know the truth. The ex-wife is spreading malicious and harmful stories about her ex-husband and his new wife. There is a child involved who is being manipulated by the mother to say and do things to keep this situation alive. The child is stuck in the middle and will definitely be harmed by this.

Of course the ex-wife is denying all of it and going so far as to say that it’s someone else doing this. We all know it’s not. As upsetting as it is right now, I know for a fact that the ex-wife is going to experience karma…in one way or another. But it’s of her own doing.

We can all learn something from this. We can think twice before saying or doing something that we think is an ‘I’ll-show-you-moment’ when at some point our friend ‘karma’ is going to intervene.

Then you’ll have your own ‘aha’ moment.