Karma, Payback, and Being Around

From as early as I can recall, my parents, friends, teachers, and nearly every adult I encountered have distilled valuable lessons. Several have spoken about the you get what you put out there. Meaning, if you fill your life and time and efforts towards putting positive things into the universe, those types of things will come back. Others have shared about the same with negative negative traits like lying, cheating, and being out and out deceitful. The challenge with living is longevity and being able to see some things come back around.

At 52, I am old enough to have sen some things come back around. I’ve been on the planet long enough to see some of my efforts and good deeds come back with dividends. I’ve also seen some of my less positive and wish I take it back moments come back as well. As I think about it, I’ve probably wasted weeks of cumulative time thinking about getting revenge or payback from some misdeed I’ve perceived as happening.

The farmer knows that you reap what you sow. Their entire profession is based on this one immutable truth. The time invested in sowing brings a yield greater than the initial planting of crops. Just like with any other deed though, you have to wait for it to come back around. The harvest is greater than the sowing, but it’s also later. There’s a rap verse that says, “It gets greater later, a little scratch and then some…” I’ll say what I’ve heard and learned over the years. You reap what you sow, but not when you sow and it’s always more than what you sow.

You can live a life sowing seeds of deceit and misgivings and discord and all of those will return greater harvest than you can imagine You can also sow seeds of honesty, caring, compassion, and servitude and all of those things will return a greater harvest than you can imagine.

We all have a choice, but some make decisions. Decisions don’t change, but choices will. I would highly encourage you to make a decision to live a life sowing and reaping harmony, servitude, and gratitude. You can add to the list as many as you like, but know you reap more than you sow. Life is finte, it will end. The things we do today are the things that’ll continue, throughout time if we’re lucky, to serve and benefit others.

Today, Tuesday, June 25, 2024, I am grateful that:

My new condo is ready for move in. I’ll get the movers scheduled and be back in the city before the week is over. It’ll be great to be near civilization and the hub of happenings in Cebu.

I got a contract and accepted last night. It’s offical that my drought is over. I’m declaring this, that even at a low rate and low weekly limit, this is the beginning of something bigger. Gotta prime the pump before water flows.

My entire workflow with systems are almost formed. I’d been struggling with removing myself from the process, but I’ve almost got it completed. I can intervene when desired, but my constant input and work won’t be essential to success as the systems we’re implementing are designed to make the process smooth and effortless for out new partners.

I’m not participating in pettiness. The weekend brought about chance to do so and the last few days have as wel

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