You have just got to love Karma! A month ago I was sitting in this very same spot, here at my desk, sweating over an upcoming event that frankly, was clouding every part of my waking (and sleeping) hours. Since I'm not making this a "members only" post, I wont get into the specifics of all of this.
Lets just say that I had a former client who was upset. At an ex-spouse. At me. At the sun for shining. At the birds for tweeting. At everything really. And the path of destruction was headed right towards me and my career. Looming up ahead in the shape of a complaint, being a witness at a court hearing and a future Arbitration staring me dead in the eyes. UGH!
Lo and behold, at the final hour, it was all called off. I spent a little time wondering why and thought..."Gee, don't look a gift horse in the mouth" So I didn't. But...yeah, I did still, a little. Did this person have a change of heart?
Today I found out a little bit more of the story. Suffice it to say, after YEARS of general MEANNESS to everyone in this persons path, justice has finally come into play, and the tables have turned. What was once a source of power for this person...the house...it was finally yanked away and given to the deserving party.
Now, not only can this person NOT talk about the house, live in it for years rent free, wield it as a form of control over others or use circumstances involving it to destroy someones hard earned career, shoot, he cant even LIVE in the house anymore.
I spent months agonizing over this. Crying tears on my pillow that someone could just be so mean in spirit to attack me and bring me up on charges that were greatly unfounded and exaggerated. I had mean little thoughts myself, I've gotta be honest.
Egging the house, dog poo on the porch, slanderous signs put up in the yard...really hateful things that I have NEVER done or even considered in my entire 39 1/2 years on this earth. It made me ill to think that this person had such control over me and had reduced me to thoughts of revenge.
I woke up one day and realized that this person, DID NOT, in fact, have any power over me, and that I was going to take the high road and keep my chin up no matter what. Hard to do? Heck yeah! But I did it, in the hope and deep down belief that SOMEDAY, karma WOULD take a hand in this and the tables would turn.
And it did. I learned some major lessons from this experience. The most important being that the only thing I can control is MY reaction to others, not what others actually do. And I am proud of myself, if I can take a moment to toot my own horn!, that I made the smart decision to take the high road, and continue behaving in the manner of which I was raised to behave.
Maybe a lesson for all of us out there who have been wronged, and we ALL have. Stay in the spirit of which you have lived your life and let the ugly do what the ugly does. Taking the right path might not always be easy, but Karma does bring back exactly what you put out.
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