Karma
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Yesterday on way into work, I unknowingly dropped my wallet on the ground. Some honest person, picked it up in the parking lot and it found its way back to me with the money and cards still inside. Later that day after work, I was debating with myself whether to go kayaking or to the gym. It wasn't really nice out but in the end I decided on kayaking. As I was getting into my boat, a woman came running up to me. I was thinking "great, what the F does this person want?" She says, "This fish just swam away with our pole, can you help us?" So I say, "No problem, I'll go get your rod for you." So I paddled out to her rod floating along in the water and returned it to the nice women. I was thinking all day that it was a shame that I couldn't thank the person who gave me my wallet back because he gave it to our secretary and she didn't know who he was. But later that day, I was able to return something lost to someone else just as was done for me. That my friends, is Karma...
Ever seen a firm called "Pay it Forward"?
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Ever seen a firm called "Pay it Forward"?
Paul Charles wrote:
Ever seen a firm called "Pay it Forward"?
No, but I saw a film of the same name. :laugh:
Matt
if ( ! pMatt->isEnjoying("Sales") )
{
pMatt->retrain("Computer Science");
pMatt->getNewJob("Developer");
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Ever seen a firm called "Pay it Forward"?
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ToddHileHoffer wrote:
That would by Irony.
These days it would be Fibreglassy
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Of, resembling, relating to, or tasting much like iron.
Example: The anvil was delicious, but irony.
Love that definition. :laugh:
Cheers, Vıkram.
After all is said and done, much is said and little is done.
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Paul Charles wrote:
Ever seen a firm called "Pay it Forward"?
No, but I saw a film of the same name. :laugh:
Matt
if ( ! pMatt->isEnjoying("Sales") )
{
pMatt->retrain("Computer Science");
pMatt->getNewJob("Developer");
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Yesterday on way into work, I unknowingly dropped my wallet on the ground. Some honest person, picked it up in the parking lot and it found its way back to me with the money and cards still inside. Later that day after work, I was debating with myself whether to go kayaking or to the gym. It wasn't really nice out but in the end I decided on kayaking. As I was getting into my boat, a woman came running up to me. I was thinking "great, what the F does this person want?" She says, "This fish just swam away with our pole, can you help us?" So I say, "No problem, I'll go get your rod for you." So I paddled out to her rod floating along in the water and returned it to the nice women. I was thinking all day that it was a shame that I couldn't thank the person who gave me my wallet back because he gave it to our secretary and she didn't know who he was. But later that day, I was able to return something lost to someone else just as was done for me. That my friends, is Karma...
ToddHileHoffer wrote:
...with the money and cards still inside.
But were the card numbers comprimised?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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No, if you had said "No, I won't get your stupid rod", and then the fish ate your kayak, that would be karma.
Or dramatic irony...
"We are all repositories for genetically-encoded information that we're all spreading back and forth amongst each other, all the time. We're just lousy with information." - Neal Stephenson
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I don't really see that as karma. No offence, but I do nice little things for people all the time and they in turn do nice things for me. I don't see it as karma but more of a way the world should work - treat others as you'd like to be treated. Not to say that everything is always peachy, but it seems to make life that much more worthwhile.
I think this has something to do with the way the stars were aligned when each of us were born. Some of us got sympathy, others got sense of humor, and so on and so forth... I think I got generosity. My life path (#9) says that I'm keen on helping others more than myself, if you believe in that kind of stuff. It's amazing how true that[^] is. :D:cool:
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Yesterday on way into work, I unknowingly dropped my wallet on the ground. Some honest person, picked it up in the parking lot and it found its way back to me with the money and cards still inside. Later that day after work, I was debating with myself whether to go kayaking or to the gym. It wasn't really nice out but in the end I decided on kayaking. As I was getting into my boat, a woman came running up to me. I was thinking "great, what the F does this person want?" She says, "This fish just swam away with our pole, can you help us?" So I say, "No problem, I'll go get your rod for you." So I paddled out to her rod floating along in the water and returned it to the nice women. I was thinking all day that it was a shame that I couldn't thank the person who gave me my wallet back because he gave it to our secretary and she didn't know who he was. But later that day, I was able to return something lost to someone else just as was done for me. That my friends, is Karma...
That's pretty cool but I have a better story: Over half a century ago, my grandfather travelled to Boston for a business meeting. He arrived a day early and went fishing in the Bay. Luck was not with him that day; not only did he not catch anything, he lost his wallet in the water. Not much he could do about it. The next day he went to his meeting. The fellow he was to meet with had also arrived the day before and had also gone fishing on the Bay. However, he was luckier than my grandfather because he actually caught something... He caught my grandfather's wallet! (This I learned from a Ripley's Believe It Or Not newspaper article that my grandparents kept framed on a wall in their house.)
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
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Yesterday on way into work, I unknowingly dropped my wallet on the ground. Some honest person, picked it up in the parking lot and it found its way back to me with the money and cards still inside. Later that day after work, I was debating with myself whether to go kayaking or to the gym. It wasn't really nice out but in the end I decided on kayaking. As I was getting into my boat, a woman came running up to me. I was thinking "great, what the F does this person want?" She says, "This fish just swam away with our pole, can you help us?" So I say, "No problem, I'll go get your rod for you." So I paddled out to her rod floating along in the water and returned it to the nice women. I was thinking all day that it was a shame that I couldn't thank the person who gave me my wallet back because he gave it to our secretary and she didn't know who he was. But later that day, I was able to return something lost to someone else just as was done for me. That my friends, is Karma...
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That's pretty cool but I have a better story: Over half a century ago, my grandfather travelled to Boston for a business meeting. He arrived a day early and went fishing in the Bay. Luck was not with him that day; not only did he not catch anything, he lost his wallet in the water. Not much he could do about it. The next day he went to his meeting. The fellow he was to meet with had also arrived the day before and had also gone fishing on the Bay. However, he was luckier than my grandfather because he actually caught something... He caught my grandfather's wallet! (This I learned from a Ripley's Believe It Or Not newspaper article that my grandparents kept framed on a wall in their house.)
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
Jesse Evans wrote:
Over half a century ago, my grandfather...
What's his name?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
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Yesterday on way into work, I unknowingly dropped my wallet on the ground. Some honest person, picked it up in the parking lot and it found its way back to me with the money and cards still inside. Later that day after work, I was debating with myself whether to go kayaking or to the gym. It wasn't really nice out but in the end I decided on kayaking. As I was getting into my boat, a woman came running up to me. I was thinking "great, what the F does this person want?" She says, "This fish just swam away with our pole, can you help us?" So I say, "No problem, I'll go get your rod for you." So I paddled out to her rod floating along in the water and returned it to the nice women. I was thinking all day that it was a shame that I couldn't thank the person who gave me my wallet back because he gave it to our secretary and she didn't know who he was. But later that day, I was able to return something lost to someone else just as was done for me. That my friends, is Karma...
I like random acts of kindness, they can be fun :-D Elaine (ever so slightly evil fluffy tigress)
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Jesse Evans wrote:
Over half a century ago, my grandfather...
What's his name?
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne
DavidCrow wrote:
What's his name?
Marshall Pinkney Wilder III BTW, He worked on the RCA team that developed color television.
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
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DavidCrow wrote:
What's his name?
Marshall Pinkney Wilder III BTW, He worked on the RCA team that developed color television.
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
The same sort of thing happened to James Lubeck.
"A good athlete is the result of a good and worthy opponent." - David Crow
"To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have deference for others governs our manners." - Laurence Sterne