What goes around, comes around. Is just a myth?

Answer 1

Some people mistake the idea of "what goes around, comes around", when in fact, karma, real karma, it when you messed up in a previous life and are now paying for it in this one. Karma is to determine how we conduct ourselves in this lifetime, in regards to how our life will be in the next. As such, if one believes in karma, they do their level best to do no harm while in this life, and to conduct themselves above reproach, reproach that is of the higher power which determines how karma is be be applied.

"What goes around, comes around", is in reference to cause and effect during this or a current lifespan. The idea is if somebody does bad, or does good, then sometime down the road that act will be rewarded in kind. By rewarded, I do not mean as in always something good. Our just rewards can be negative or positive.

I have had periods in my life when I did believe this was true, and other times when I thought is just a comforting idea to get a good people through a diffficult time when somebody who is bad, does them wrong, and seems to get away with it unscathed. It is difficult at best to deal with somebody doing us wrong and seeming to walk away not only without being held accountable, but rewarded with some type of tangible item that person wanted, which initiated the wrongdoing.

Whether it was lying on a coworker, taking credit that rightfully belonged to anohter, and receiving a promotion by such tactics, or treating another in an abusive fashion and there not being enough evidence for the district attorney to prosecute, and everything in between.

Our sense of justice, or right and wrong is strongly harmed when we watch others not adhere to any degree of morals, ethics, or integrity, and seem to be rewarded by ignoring these critical human endevours. We become outraged by the unfairness of it and so we comfort ourselves with the idea that sometime down the road that person will be held accountable by the capricious Gods.

I actually have come full circle and now do believe that in situations where somebody who has done wrong without being held accountable, does indeed reap what s/he sowed later down the road, in this lifetime.

I have watched many individuals walk all over others. Use those who are kind, but they veiwed kindess as weakness and instead of being grateful and appreciative, they simply considered the individual as a mark and used s/he for all s/he was worth. At least until that individual woke up to the reality of the abuse of their kindness and generousity. It is sad when good, kind, considerate, and compasionate people are used, taken advantage of, and abused. However, it occurs on a regular basis.

Those who even use disasters such as the California fires to put up phoney charitable foundations on the web to take in unwary people attempting to do a good deed by donating financial support.

I have seen many of these unconscienable people reallly get their own back in later years. Those people are often the lonely old people we seem so sorry about, and whom we wish to "help" because they are alone. We don't stop to wonder why there isn't any family or friends around to offer the love and support that a lifetime of love and devotion brings us. We rush to have pity of these old and alone individuals, but we really should look into each seperate situation and see if we are not, in fact, bringing comfort to a evil individual who did nothing but use and abuse others their entrie lifetime.

Why to we seem inclined to forgive these types of people simply because they age? Aging is the one area where, "What goes around, comes around" seems to apply the most. It is miserable to be old and alone, in the care of strangers who are employed to perform certain duties, rather than have our loved ones performing them out of that love.

Why do we think the elderly are deserving of compassion, without even a look at their past to see if they truly are deserving? There are those elderly in the U.S. who are alone because our culture is so self centered and we are not taught the basics of care for our family who was there for us our entire lives, and are cast aside like so much rubbish. So, in the U.S. yes, there are many elderly who are wrongfully abandoned by their children, and grandchildren.

However, we need to check in to each case and see if we in fact interfering in somebodies just desserts.

One man I knew was extremely abusive to the woman in his life, abusive to all those around him, and he wound up dying alone in prison. During his lifetime it appeared he skated free of a great many evil deeds. However, his just reward was to wind up in his most feared situation. He payed for his sins against humanity.

I know of others who have died in crashes which caused a lingering, agonizing death, and others who wound up in some rather uncomfortable positions. Look at O.J. Simpson, who may have skated free on the murder of his ex-wife and her friend. I don't know if he did kill these people, but if he did, then it appears he is reaping those rewards today. He in on his way to prison, and for a very long time. Had he not got off scott free, he would have been able to go to the police when those dealers stole his belongings.

We create our the world around us treats us. It starts with how we treat ourselves. People follow our examples of how to treat us, if we treat ourselves with respect, those around us will do so too, if we treat ourselves to a lack of respect, people see this and respond in kind. We are responsible for how the world responds to us.

We are also responsible for the legacy we create. If we spend the largest portion of our lives living with integrity, morality, and ethically, the world will respond in most situations in kind. I am not saying that good people do not have unfair and hurtful things happen to them, I am just saying the number of those incidents are reduced by how we live our lives simply because we are not around those who use and abuse, or who are criminal in nature. When we spend all our time at the bottom of the barrel, we tend to pick up the muck there right along side those who really do belong down there.

The wisest of religous groups only allow the most strongest in faith and religious education to go on missions into areas of filth and decay. These folks are the most likely to be able to hold the muck at bay and keep it from attaching to themselves. Those who send in the young and untried will often find those youths at great risk.

This is also why counselors at drug/alcohol facilities tell recovering addicts to change out their friends and stay far from any area which contains substances, such as alcohol or drugs, or those who engage in them, and engage in other addict behaviors. The Twelve Step Programs encourage only the longest in recovery to go out and try to help others, while firmly discouraging those newly into recovery, or even in midway recovery. The temptations are simply too strong for a recovery baby to withstand and they can easily fall off the wagon while attempting to do a good deed. Often, those who wish to fall off the wagon will intentionally disregard the edict of not going into areas of risk, on a "Mission" to "help others" knowing that they will lose their sobriety. It is a way to do what they wish, while garnering sympethy too. However, after a time or two, the trust and sympethy ticket will fail them and they will lose any regard in their own community.

I use to believe fully in the idea of "What goes around, comes around", then lived a while and saw so many injustices in the world which were seemingly not only unpunished, but rewarded. I lost faith in this type of justice.

However, as I lived through the years I had the opportunity to see first hand how this works. It may not be in a manner which one might find most justifiable, but I believe each person who consistantly does wrong without regard for the wrongness of it, does indeed get what they most fear, Being Old and Alone in their last years.

We, as human beings, crave the company of other humans. We need the physical and emotional connection with other people and our worst fear is to be alone.

This is the ultimate reward for those who went unpunished, unnaccountable for wrong doings against others. It pushes people away, and leaves them old and alone, which is a harsh sentence.

When people see how unethical practices and acts against others seem to provide them with what they want without punishment, they simply have no incintive to looking internally and evaluating their actions and then making changes of a positive nature. There isn't any growth in these individuals, they are truly damned. Damned simply means shut off from growth, being seperated from others and especially from God's spirit.

Growth occurs when we deal with negitivity in life. Those things which cause us the most discomfort cause the greatest growth. So, we could actually say that those who do us wrong have actually helped us reap our just rewards, which is growth, and internal review of our souls, and many other positive outcomes.

I firmly believe in What Goes Around, Comes Around, it is not a myth. It may take a while to see the results of this, or we may not be around when the person who harmed is reaps those rewards, but they surely will and in the most uncomfortable and miserable manner imaginable.

Have faith that choice has consequences, even though we may not be around to see those consequences. People can not walk through life harming others without reaping consequences. Actions have equal and opposite reactions and actions lead to reactions. There is cause and affect in life, and life will balance itself out. Evil does not win in the end, love and goodness does.

Answer 2

In my experience, not a myth. For instance, I make it my business to treat sales clerks, customer service people, meter readers, etc. like human beings. It adds only seconds to the interaction, and improves both our days a little bit.

In exchange, I get extra free samples, waited on more attentively, a second visit if the meter reader came when I was out, etc.

In my case, what goes around comes around. Luckily, it's niceness.

Answer 3

I used to think this was just something that my dear sweet Mother used to tell me. However, before she passed away, there were some issues in our family and she assured me that "what goes around, comes around". She said, Cindy, I am not going to be around to see it happen, but honey, you will. And she was so right and I have seen other things since her death. So YES, I do believe in what goes around comes around. It doesn't always happen when "we" want it to, but it will happen.

Answer 4

Pretty much. That and karma seem to work, but it is only when you notice them, not in all situations.

In other words, if you expect to see it - you will sometimes, otherwise most of the time it doesn't happen.

Answer 5

guy am I due for different worry! :P I for one nevertheless happen to have self belief that what we do comes decrease back complete circle to us. yet another answerer used the occasion of being sneaky. i thought it replaced right into a brilliant occasion, reason it consistently strikes me as humorous that the guy who seems to get "screwed over" plenty, regularly does different "screwing different over". people who've a tendency to volunteer plenty, consistently seem to have lots of people around who're prepared to volunteer to help them flow or despite the fact that. notably much seem to tie into that previous different halves tale "Birds of a feather flock jointly." in my opinion, each time i attempt to do something sneaky I finally end up telling on myself besides so effective, i've got self belief it! ;)

Answer 6

I think so. It's just a mechanism that people use to make themselves feel better.

Answer 7

No, this is soooo true. You only hope you live long enough to witness it!!