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Is Karma Messing Up Your Life?
Learning the lesson is only the beginning
We thank our lucky stars, the universe, guardian angels, and our spiritual guides if things are going great.
When life is grand, we feel good and our satisfaction level escalates. And we quickly give credit to what we believe to be the source of our current success — an entity or concept we can count on that guarantees a repeat performance, without much help or effort on our part.
And if rotten tomatoes head our way and splatter all over our freshly laundered shirt? We blame everything and everyone in sight. Because when our life circumstances go south, we immediately start looking for a scapegoat.
I’ve tried both tactics to justify my personal ups and downs.
And frankly, I’m not sure either strategy is realistic — or desirable.
In the past, my periods of irresponsibility have cost me big time. Loss of income, diminished motivation, weight gain, listless libido, and complete indifference. Oh yeah, I readily adopted a careless physical and mental state of mind in search of the empty brain and apathetic attitude.
