So, something has come up to remind me of this 2 or 3 times in the last 2 or 3 days. Once, just minutes ago. I'll take that as a sign that I ought to share
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Oh, if I said that to you. It means that somehow we got on the subject of "inner beauty" and how some people think they are misunderstood and that deep inside they mean well and are sensitive and loving notwithstanding a thick superficial veneer of asshole.
It is a small part of my definition of karma. Karma doesn't mean that when you do something, somehow the universe will reward you or punish you sometime later.
It simply means that if you do good things, you are by definition a good person. If you do bad things, the opposite. The karmic payback is instant.
That's a good one. I agree. It can be very easy for some people to forget to consider the need for the existence of a role that requires, or appears to require a slightly altered persona. I knew this dude who ended up being something of an axe-man* at this one company, and it's like he had no idea what a soulless jerk he was. We talked about it once, years later during a chance meeting. I was kind of dumb-founded, firstly at the awareness he had of the bad things he did, and then at his lack of perspective, and the nerve he had to justify it so pathetically in terms of his job. The guy was (and I presume, still is) real scum, and it showed in his life in other ways, too. It would have been one thing if he kept his personal and professional lives separate, but he totally didn't get it
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It is a small part of my definition of karma. Karma doesn't mean that when you do something, somehow the universe will reward you or punish you sometime later.
It simply means that if you do good things, you are by definition a good person. If you do bad things, the opposite. The karmic payback is instant.
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