Our lives are in a circle and everything we do has a way of getting back to us whether they be good or evil. As the saying goes, "what comes around, goes around." It's a line many people know so well without really knowing how it applies to our lives.
The person you failed to help today on your way to the top could be the one your children may turn to tomorrow for help. If you help a child in need today, it's good karma that will come back on your behalf at some point, but it may not happen today.
It can be that someone needs help and you have the means to give but are too busy with other things to help. It can be that people need something that you are in a position to help provide but do not. Either way, the circle of life can come back on you, but if you fail to help someone today, then you may be remembered for that all your life.
I love the idea of everything that happens, and you do not only have to look at the good that happens to you but everything that happens to everyone because of your action, is based on karma. If you go to church, or you live by the morals you follow, then you have to know that you should always help those around you. We have to make a conscious effort in our lives to be as altruistic as possible.
This is also related to our relationships and how we treat the people that are in our lives. That also includes our significant other, our children, friends, and even our enemies. We should never hurt anyone in our lives or those we care about. We are responsible for their well-being in the world. We should always try and make their life better.
A poor decision made today could lead to a negative effect down the road. A generous act today could be the difference between your child succeeding at something or going through a hard time because no one is willing to help them.
There is always a circular effect in everything that we do, whether it's the way we treat our children, how we treat our spouse, family, friends, and even our enemies. There is always a positive or negative consequence of our actions.Let me give you this story to ponder on it. The story is about a young man who never knew who his father was because the father separated from his mother before he was born. The father knew he has a son from a failed relationship but never cared to look out for the boy, he never made contact.
The issue arose when the boy was 18 and preparing to begin college. The young man sought his father since he was interested in finding out who he was. His sole intent in finding him was to say hello and get to know him better. The discussion was not a conversation. The boy was the only one asking the father questions, and either the father gave brief responses or there were awkward silences of five minutes. He was only interested in learning the father's identity. He didn't castigate him or label him a poor father for leaving him; he didn't hold him accountable for what he did. didn't go begging him for money because he needed assistance. He had no desire for anything about material from him. He was truly curious about having a relationship with him.
The young man gave the father his phone number after their talk. He asked him to give him a call as soon as possible. made "some" effort to establish a relationship with his son. However, he chose not to, and the son stopped caring about him after that. Four years later, the young guy received a call from his half-sister or step-sister, a daughter his father had with another woman. She called to inform him that the father was having liver failure as a result of his continued drinking. She really had the guts to ask him if he could travel to the state where the father is receiving treatment and undergo testing to determine whether he is a match.
Despite saying he'd call her back and wanted some time to ponder, the young man chose not to leave. He debated the topic for 48 hours while sitting down. He came very close to leaving at one point. But every time he tried to do so, he was only able to reflect on his father's incapacity to even put out a little amount of effort. Just call back and say hello, simple as that. 8 months later, the father passed away.
What are your thoughts on the young man? He was summoned for a liver donor to save the life of his father, a father he didn't really know, but did he do anything wrong by not showing up?
This is something that we should all think about. If we act in accordance with our moral principles, the circle of life may either come around to haunt us or reward us greatly.
All the young man wanted from his father was to put in a tiny ounce of effort to build their relationship. The phone number that the father forgot to dial for over 4 years was the number the step-sister called. No one else had the number in that family except the father but he failed to communicate with the son, even after the young man made the initial effort to just say "Hi, I'm your son". The father had the number all these years and couldn't make an effort to contact his son, but at the time he was in need of life support he remember he had a lost son somewhere.
The story is a typical illustration of how the circle of life may work against us if we don't make the correct choices regarding our relationships and pay attention to how we treat people. The person you ignore now can end up saving your life tomorrow. Tomorrow, you'll need your son, you will need your brother, you will need your sister. The person you don't give a crap about now might be the only one who can help you tomorrow, and you know how that could be if you didn't establish some sort of standard for how you treat people today.