Karma

I believe in Karma. I believe it may be the very thing that allows me to go to a more positive place when the darkest of places start calling. 
Take for instance the recent judgement of a man who while driving drunk in Sydney CB hit and killed a 10 yr old girl on her bike. The event was witnessed by her friend who lives with that trauma. The man failed to stop initially citing to police that his girlfriend was driving, and that he thought they hit a deer.  Police did find him and his blood alcohol was over the legal limit. After questioning, the man admitted he lied and that he was driving. Seems like an open and closed case. The judge and the attorneys needed to be escorted out of the court in protective custody to ensure their safety when they set him free with a not guilty verdict. 
Immediately, the dark side in me starts to reveal itself in something like this. I don’t know the specifics, only what was reported so perhaps somewhere along the line evidence was mishandled that left the judge no option and hopefully that will come out. At this point there will be no legal justice for this man who sickeningly shirked his moral responsibility and claimed not guilty in his contribution to the death of a 10 year old. 
This is where I have to believe Karma will step in. I believe that this freedom that he has gained will be worse than incarceration.  I believe he had a choice to admit his responsibility and accept the consequences. The fact he didn’t is likely to result in a more lengthy sentence that I believe will be worse for him and those involved with his freedom.  Being shunned in a community is long lasting that now more than just he will be dealing with.  He will possibly move about for the rest of life always wondering what eyes are upon him. The “freedom” gained is self inflicted torture. The universe just seems to have a way with dealing with those choices.  
Feeling that Karma exists allows me to quiet that dark side. It keeps things balanced. It allows me to go through life not wishing for revenge which can be a truly debilitating thing to focus on. Think of all of the good and positive that could be done instead of keeping the unhealthy and negative mindset of revenge. This is incredibly difficult to do. As I mentioned the immediate feeling is that of being in the bees nest that got hit and to attack. I’m doubtful that if it was my child in this circumstance that I would be able to take this approach which is why the legal judgement is so imperative to get right in these cases. Nothing will bring that poor girl back, but a not guilty verdict dismisses that families loss.  It says that the man was not wrong in his actions. That is what draws the ire of a community.  A guilty verdict doesn’t make anything better it only confirms that their pain is recognized. Society will do that. I have to believe that society will surround them and protect them from more pain. 
My hope is that this gets rectified and that new evidence is found that will allow more healing for the family and the community.
If left to Karma alone, it can have an awful mean streak. 
 

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