Charge it to my Karma Card

Are you a good person? Wait, wait! I won’t make you commit to something like that. There’s only trouble down that path.

Do you believe that you are a good person? I think I’m a good person. I try to be honest and helpful. I do my best to avoid hurting people – others and myself. I try to be compassionate and understanding. Yeah, I think I’m pretty good. But! (I know you saw that ‘but’ coming) But, I could be much better. It just hit me about ten minutes ago that I can be better. It’s not like I ever thought I was anywhere near perfection, I just haven’t thought much about it lately. You know how life gets sometimes – you spend so much time living it that you get distracted from thinking about it.

A little earlier, I was thinking about my current place in this life. Life for me is good right now. A lot of things are working out the way I want them to. Seeds I planted in the past are showing signs of bearing fruit, I am surrounded by good people and I see potential for even more improvement in just about every direction I look. The next stop on the train of thought was the past. There were many times when it seemed that disaster in one form or another was imminent, but things have always worked out in the end for me. Somehow the right person shows up at the last minute or the right opportunity comes knocking – it always worked out.

Maybe I’m such a good person that karma is just constantly in my debt. Hmmm…or maybe its not as simple as “what comes around goes around.” Maybe karma gives us a line of credit. Perhaps all these good things and bad-things-turned-good-things are signs that I’m building up some major debt. Today I am giving myself a new task – pay back karma. You probably won’t see any huge changes in my life, but I resolve to make a greater effort to be that person who shows up at the last minute to save the day. I will try to be good fortune’s vessel because sometimes luck needs a little help.

Word.