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I’ve always believed in Karma. I knew pretty early on in life that what you give is what you get and no one can outrun Karma. What I learned later on as an adult is that Karma has a funny way of drop kicking you when you least expect.

Take Carlton. I went to college with him and he was dating my roommate. He cheated on her with my then best friend from home. He lied and then tried to put me in the middle of all the drama. When my friend from home dumped him, he cheated on my roommate with yet another girl. Nothing happened right away and he thought he was “the man”- it was a sad sight. Lo and behold he came down with a really bad case of crabs. I thought that he would see the light and change his ways. For a while, it seemed he did.

He managed to salvage the relationship with my roommate and they went on to have a pretty long courtship. Unfortunately, he cheated on her again. About a year later he was in a car accident which left him pretty messed up. He friend-ed me on Facebook the other day and I learned that he is still in a wheelchair.

Here’s a more personal story. My husband and I got together under less than honorable conditions- I was dating a mutual friend and even after I realized I had feeling for the man who would become my husband, I stayed with him. I pitted them against one another sometimes purposely, others not. And although nothing really happened until after I had ended my relationship, it was still a sour road. I sometimes think that the loss of out first daughter was karmic energy. I had put a lot of negative energy out into the Universe and it had to go somewhere. It was a wake-up call.

I’ve since spent my life making sure that I give something to others in order to spread the positive energy around, and in all honesty,to  send some back my way. My husband lives his life the same way and we have both been on the receiving end of some good fortune.

However, when one is a giving person, many times all you get back is personal stress. I have met so many people – my friend Lorri would call them Psychic Vampires – who do nothing but take, take, take. They suck you dry of your creativity, passion, goodwill, and even money. They have no concern for you at all. And they can crush your spirit.

Since starting my own business I have learned that when money is tight bartering for services is the next best thing. And I don’t mind offering my services for free in the name of good Karma. I have done so for some grateful people, but I have also met some vampires. But I am not alone. I was speaking to Traci from Beauty in Rare Form who explained to me that she too has been on the wrong side of broken promises.

And that is when I realized that society has changed in ways that are more destructive than we imagine. We have become a society of takers – one that advocated that we take from every one we meet and when they have nothing left to give, we are supposed to throw them away like garbage. So many people talk about Pay-it-forward but they only want to do that when the pay is coming to them.

I have come pretty close to telling people to “sit on it” when they ask me for my help. but then I remember that Karma is real and that those who take and never give will get something in return. After all, Karma is real.

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