I believe in karma. Do good things, good things happen. Do bad things, bad things happen. My parents are strong believers in this and as I get older my belief in karma grows stronger. I am still an underaged driver but I’d like to take the family car out for a joy ride. But! Karma would be around the corner, and my engine to my ATV would somehow break and I would not be able to drive around my house. So you know I would never do that. Driving is too important to me. But on the other hand, karma might make me pick up a lost $10 bill on the ground in the parking lot of a grocery store, and give it to the veteran standing at the door in hopes that karma would return a favor someday. Over the years, I have begun to realize that these rewards can be great or maybe those are just my expectations.
Although I grew up listening to my parents warn each other about karma,as a kid I didn’t really believe in it much. Then along came a TV show called My Name is Earl. Earl was a guy who would steal from the locals around him. But he thought good karma had found him when he was awarded a winning lottery ticket. Soon after that happened, it was swept away from him as he was hit by a car. (No it wasn’t me on my joyride!) As he was laying in his hospital bed, he discovered karma and decided to make a list of all the people he had hurt and go to them to apologize and make things right with them. Later on he found his winning lotto ticket and then used it to help him with his road to being a better person. He turned his karma around. I really liked
Last year I lied to my parents about drinking water. I told my mom I had finished every bottle that was put in my lunch box for about 3 months. So by the time parent teacher conferences came around I had a stash of at least 50 water bottles in my locker. So when my mom went to put a note about how great she thought I was doing in school into my locker, more than two dozen half empty bottles fell to her feet. When she got home she didn’t mention the water. The next day when I opened my locker and all the water bottles were gone my heart sank. I really didn’t want to get into my car at carpool. I took a deep breath and opened the door and waited to hear my punishment--but nothing came. Just the usual, “How was your day Ty?” I’m still waiting for karma to find me. I’ve learned not to lie to my parents about anything. I believe waiting for karma to punish me is worse than anything my parents could do.
this is a very interesting outlook on life. I have never believed in karma, but even if it's non-existant, I think it's admirable that you use it as a reason to be nice to people.
ReplyDeleteReally good job relating the show, "My name is Earl" to your life. It's really cool that you learned such a big lesson from a small lie about not drinking your water.
ReplyDeleteDid your mom every confront you?
Ty I like the way you are actually able to motivate yourself to be able to do the right thing because you believe that doing wrong will get you wrong and doing good will get you good.
ReplyDeleteYour essay was amazing! I believe in karma, and I like how you tied it in with a tv show. Good job!
ReplyDeleteI must say that this is very well constructed. The intro paragraph is very nice. I got really jealous reading yours when I put it in contrast with mine! I also like that you have a lot of examples. It gave me more to think about and if this was persausive you would have many backups for anyone coming around to detest you. I have always agreed with that statement but if I hadn't you certainly would've persauded me to your perspective. Words are powerful! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteI beleive in karma too. Great Essay and good job relating to tv!
ReplyDeleteGood Job Ty! I believe in karma too and it's really cool that you learned your lesson about karma from such a small thing.
ReplyDeleteI love that show! I don't know if I believe totally in karma, but I do think the energy we send out into the world is returned to us. You've done a nice job working through this entry.
ReplyDelete3/5 points. There are a variety of mechanical errors in the entry. Be careful not to start a sentence with a FANBOY.Also, you end a paragraph with an incomplete sentence. Be sure to reread to catch some of the simple errors. This will strengthen your writing.