kar ma (kahr-muh) noun Hinduism, Buddhism action, seen as bringing upon oneself inevitable
results, good or bad, either in this life or in a reincarnation; fate; destiny
When I first started teaching many years ago there
was a horrible second grader where I taught. Let’s call him The Devil’s Spawn.
He was the worst. Every day he was in the office or being dragged to the office
and I mean literally dragged.
One day I observed my principal, a skinny, young
thang in heels trying to drag The Devil’s Spawn to the office. Every couple of
feet he would drop to the ground and refused to get up. She would yank him up
and proceed to drag him a few feet farther. I could tell she was losing steam,
so I came up behind them and when she yanked him off the ground I positioned my
wheelchair under him and she placed him in my lap. I wrapped my arm around him
while she held his hands and we proceeded to the office with The Devil’s Spawn
screaming in a hoarse voice and kicking my legs the entire time.
Every day after that incident, The Devil’s Spawn
would see me and growl. Every time he walked by me, he would sing under his
breath, “I hate Miss Cunningham!” or “Miss Cunningham is ugly!” and I would
just smile that knowing smile. This went on for months and then his time came.
I was on my way to the office and The Devil’s Spawn
was sitting in the breezeway to the office crying. I went up to him and asked
in my sweet teacher voice, “What’s wrong, Buddy?”
He bawled, “I have to go to the oooooffice
annnnnnnd my mommmmmy said if I have to go to the ooooffice one more time she
will take all my t-t-t-toys away from me.”
I looked around and noticed we were the only ones
in the breezeway, so I leaned in close to his face, smiled and snickered, “Ha,
ha you’re in trouble.” And then I sang, “Nanny, nanny, poo-poo, karma got a
hold of you!” As I drove away I said,
‘Have a great day at home sitting in your room with no toys.”
As I rounded the corner, I heard him wail, “I don’t
waaaant karmaaaaaaa to get me! Whaaat’s karmaaaa?”
There are some people that I can’t wait for karma
to get a hold of and I am sure there are those that waiting for me to get a
visit from karma.
Paco’s Perspective
I am thinking karma and God are the same person.
The Flip Side
So those bunnies that sit outside the fence and
point and laugh at me will eventually get a visit from karma? I hope I’m there
to see it.
