Karma is something that has been on my mind
for a while now. Whenever a student does something clumsy, I often say ‘karma’
and gain some laughter. What is it that I’m saying to my students and what are
they laughing about?
Some people say that karma is ‘what goes
around, comes around’ or ‘you get what you deserve’. Does this mean that good
people will experience happy things in life and bad people will lead unhappy
lives?
I have been on this earth long enough to know
that this isn’t the case. Look at the news, everyday we’re proven that the definition
of karma is not true. Bad things happen to good people and the world seems very
unfair most of the time.
Especially when in comes to the injustice of
life and death. It is never easy to lose the ones you love, but when people are
taken away who have done nothing but good, you tend to wonder why the word
karma even exists. Adversity can pull you down quickly, it’s up to you to stay
strong and keep on standing.
Throughout my life I’ve been telling myself
that everything happens for a reason and Oprah taught me that sometimes I’m
just not wise enough to see it yet. As I’m getting older, I’m struggling to be
patient. My thoughts tend to wonder of to places where I don’t want them to go.
I guess that karma truly is a b*tch, just not
in the way that I thought that it would be. Bad karma doesn’t happen to me, but
it seems to be around me. If I look at my own life, I should have nothing to
complain about. I am alive, healthy and I get to fulfill my passion every
single day. Working with my students is the highlight of each day, being able
to work on development projects throughout the world is very humbling and
having people around who I love more than life is a blessing beyond measure.
So come to think of it… maybe karma does exist and the good part might even be on my side.
