I'm Buddhist, so I'm supposed to believe in karma. I would classify myself as a semi-believer. Were I to believe in it fully, I'd end up going round and round and round, spinning myself into an endless line of "this happened because this happened but that happened because that happened, and now that I was a total bitch the other day, I can surely expect a round of dumb assholeness to come my way soon."
No. That's not how I roll.
I believe in fate, to a point. But I do believe that life, for the most part, is unfair. Dumb people have smart people covering for them all over the world, at this very moment. Assholes find perfectly nice, sane people to mate with. Tons of the best jobs are being done right now by some of the biggest slackers. Lotteries are often won by those that don't need any extra money. The world enables the dumbest, most selfish people, and smiles while screwing hardworking, truly nice people up the ass with no lube.
I'm not talking about me. No one would accuse me of being "truly nice". But I do try. I do a fair amount of self-reflection, and I've done a fair amount of self-flagellation for past wrongs. I've paid for a ton of sins. And I have gotten away with a fair amount, as well. But I see shitheads getting away with far more, with far less consequences. There's one thing I hate above all: selfish people who are always out for themselves. These are the people who will succeed in life. Life enables these douchebags. And the sooner we all realize it, the sooner we can all stop being surprised.
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