Karma

So if you do something only because you think it will bring you good karma/luck/whatever is it really the right reason to do it? Or does it not matter as long as you still do the good thing. I get annoyed when I do good things for others and someone tries to spoil my good deed by saying "Karma's on your side now". Ummm, that's not why I did it.


Sometimes Benny gives me weird looks when I tell him to do things. Not because he thinks I'm doing them to get bonus points but because it sometimes just doesn't make sense to him.


Example:

One day we were driving home and we went through a TINY town and their volunteer fire fighters were at the red light (only one in this town) with their boots in their hands. OK, we all know what that means. They would like donations.


I asked Benny if he had any change and he said no. So, I dug in my purse and grabbed all the money I could find. It was probably about a dollar fifty. He waved the guy over and put the money in the boot. The guy said "Thank you, this will help build our new fire station. Every little bit helps." And he is right.


I don't know any one in this town and I have no connections to this town. It didn't benefit me any to give them my dollar fifty. But, it did help them and their town. That is why I did it. Not for good "karma".


I think people can learn from these truly good deeds.


Example:

We went out to eat at a fun restaurant. Oh, I'll go ahead and tell ya, it was Hooters. Our waitress was awesome and never let us down. She chatted with the kids and I think Smiley had a crush on her. Man that kid can flirt! We did a little quick math in our heads and decided we could afford for me to get one of their tank tops. I'm actually wearing it right now. Misti, our waitress, got the shirt and said she would put it on out bill. OK, cool. With food, shirt, and a good tip, we figured around $100. Seems high but we rarely do this and I loved the shirt.

I was gathering the kids to take them outside when the bill came. It was for $64 even. OK, Benny's good but not THAT good with his wife and kids sitting there. I told him "that's not right" and then grabbed the kids and we went outside. Not to fuck Hooters but because Smiley was not a happy camper and I needed to get him out of there.

15 minutes later, Benny comes outside and said it was $100 even. I asked what took so long and this was his explanation.

She didn't charge us for the shirt so he told her and she went and fixed it after thanking him so much. Then, when he was in line to pay, he noticed that she didn't charge us for our drinks. By the way, BEST MARGARITA I HAVE EVER DRANK! So he called her back over to have her fix it. She once again thanked him for saving her ass.

The total came out to like $85 and he just gave them a hundred dollar bill and said "make sure the tip goes to Misti." I hope it all did.

He told me, "I could have paid the first bill and that chick (hostess chick) would have never known."

I just smiled and gave him a kiss. He didn't make sure we paid the right amount to get some good karma. He did it because he is a good person.

I wish more people were like this.