Bad Karma
A couple of days ago my elder sister told me that we incur bad karma all the time. I was skeptical; bad karma and us? We were the honest types who never did anyone wrong but she laughed and told me that we did it all the time.
I didn't pay heed to her words until today I snapped at my son. I was rude and not myself and my excuse was that I was under considerable tension over a matter of great magnitude but if this had been an adult or someone else's child interrupting my call I would not have snapped.
Thinking back I feel bad for what I did. He was polite and I was rude and he deserved as much as respect as any other human being.
It was then that it struck me that I had been a mean shrew and wasn't able to show grace under fire.
There is repentance in my heart but I think it needs to be communicated. When he gets up tomorrow morning I'm going to apologize for my rude behavior.
The wheel of karma for that moment had turned- I had hurt someone vulnerable, someone who could not fight for himself and that makes me feel ashamed.
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Deepti Lamba on January 31, 2008 09:05 PM 
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Happy to stumble on such a nice post. A kind of thought which makes you sit back and ponder!
Is it plausible that one who is being hurt is inadvertently washing off his Karma? In that case u hv benefited yr son!
And I thought I was washing off my bad Karma by working at a thankless employer :) (Kidding ;-) )
Posted by: Ranjan | February 5, 2008 03:35 PM
Lol, if only the chain reaction didn't continue to turn and haunt us;)
Posted by: Dee | February 6, 2008 09:59 AM
yeah.. i have those days too... still to learn from my mistakes... i apologise, but then i do it again.
Posted by: the mad momma | February 8, 2008 05:12 PM