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Saturday Afternoon Ramblings

I’m sitting here thinking about karma and how it comes around eventually.  It might not move according to our expectations or wants, but it does move, and when it does come back to someone, it often comes back in abundance.  Karma is patient and never forgets, so eventually, it will find the time and place to return to a person what they have given others.

People who have spent their lives toying with other people’s hearts or sneaking around to play games or discarding another’s love in search of something better shouldn’t act surprised when karma returns and repays them for their treachery.  They have sewn the seeds of turmoil by their selfishness, so their lives often descend into chaos and unhappiness.  Even if on the outside they appear to be living well, internally they often are being eaten alive by their mistrust,  shame,  guilt, and regret.

Those who show compassion and treat others well are often rewarded with inner peace, tranquility, and wisdom.  They may never find wealth, but their lives are blessed and if not happy, then at least content.  That may sound hokey, corny, and archaic to some, but to those of us who have seen karma at work, we know that there is a basic law at work in our lives–regardless of what trials and obstacles life throws in your path, ultimately you will get back what you give.

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Friday Afternoon Ramblings

Today is the anniversary of the coldest day on record here in East Tennessee, -24 degrees back in 1985.  I remember it vividly because my father and I got stuck in the snow (we had well over a foot, I do believe) about a half mile from our house and had to walk the rest of the way.  That’s the coldest I’ve ever been in my life.  The walk up and down hills in that snow was strenuous, and my lungs burned from breathing the frigid air.  I was 12, so to me it was a big adventure, but I remember my father being gravely worried about our exposure for that long.

The next morning, we left early to open his store, and my grandfather helped get us unstuck.  We used a woodstove to heat the store, and before I got the fire going, I remember every surface inside the building being ice cold.  Some items in glass jars had busted from freezing, which had never happened before and didn’t happen again for as long as he owned the store.  By noon the temp was up to 26 degrees, and Dad pointed out that the temperature had risen 50 degrees and was still below freezing.  Remembering that night and morning makes the weather today seem not so bad.

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