Ah, Karma.
It's a powerful thing that can take you on the road to happiness or the road where you wind up with your foot in your mouth or up your a..well, you know.
My situation is the one where I wound up with my foot up my a..
I haven't had any run-ins with the aforesaid in so long that I should have known better than to take advantage of it.
Stay with me...
How many times have you gone to Wal-Mart and had a case of water under the cart that you forgot about until you emptied the entire shopping cart to see the forgotten water shining right through the grates of the cart. The right thing to do would be to take it back in and pay for it, but by the time you saw it you already had your kid in the car seat or you could start to see the ice cream container sweating and thought, "Screw it!" and packed it in with the rest of the groceries.
Or, how many times have you thrown something in the cart that was a smaller item, such as tweezers or lipstick, and didn't see it at checkout because it slid under your purse that you threw in the back of the cart halfway through the shopping list. And, when you got to the car you again said, "Screw it!"
Well, my friends, take that water or small item back and pay for it because lurking around the corner is Karma!
Both of the above scenarios are things that I've experienced recently in my life and then Karma came around this week to remind me to get my act together and follow my most passionate code of conduct - honesty!
This past Tuesday my Coach brand (super-expensive) glasses were stolen from me while I was at the gym pool swimming a few laps. The glasses were less than 2 months old and instead of freaking out, the first thing I thought of was the dishonest things I mentioned above. I didn't even get mad or upset because I truly felt like I deserved it. It has been 5 days and so far no one has turned them in and I don't expect them to. Now I know how the employees of these stores must feel when they take inventory and get frustrated when they find more things missing than bought.
Just a note to remind you all that Karma happens!
