The evil you do will come back to haunt you

Good or bad, I appreciate that not everyone one is a Christian. I also appreciate there are other religions, but hesitantly appreciate that there are people who do not prescribe to any of the world’s religions.

I have a couple of atheist friends, although I have never met two people who are not preachers who know the Bible like these two. They quote the Bible often – true, they do it with a lot of irony, but quote it they do.  To each their own, I like to think, but I do not understand how any human being can survive in this world not believing in some supernatural being; just a quick glance at creation should get everyone to believe in something more fascinating than the Big Bang Theory.

However, this is not about atheists or believers. This is about a basic human principle of doing unto others what you would like done unto you.

This is about believing in karma, it’s about what goes around coming around. This is about going to bed knowing that no one is losing sleep over something you did to them. Basic humanity principles right there. I am a Christian and like any human, I sin more often than I would like to, but there is stuff I will not do to another human being, at least, not consciously.

Two things happened last week. One, I was litening to a radio station  discussing wives/mpango wa kando and everything else that has been discussed countless times before.

Strange how dark topics stay fresh for so long. So yes, this woman called to declare she is a proud mpango wa kando, and that she had no qualms about being one.

She admitted to have been rude to the wife who had called her to warn her to stay away  her husband. Let me digress a litttle: wives, if your husband has a side dish, it is not your place to deal with her.

WILL LEAVE YOU FEELING WORSE

She will most likely leave you feeling worse than a post-malaria stint, and if she is scared enough to leave your husband because you have threatened to send some contract murderers after her, your husband will just move on to another woman.

Sort your issues with your husband; he is the one who made a promise to be faithful to you. End of digression.

What was strange about this woman was that she admitted to having once been married to a philanderer. You would think someone like that would emphasise with a philanderer’s wife – was she really comfortable being part of the reason another woman cried herself to sleep every night like she must have done herself? She was on some revenge mission, revenge directed at innocent wives who had nothing to do with her philandering husband. This woman swore never to get married again, so I suppose she reckoned there was no risk of being cheated on again. I have some news for her -  that she should google “karma”, but if she is too lazy to do so, she should know that karma does have a few tricks up her (karma is definitely a woman) sleeve. She will find a way to make her pay because,  you cannot make another human being miserable and get away with it.

The second incident. I was unloading my shopping when I realised that the supermarket workers had put some shopping that did not belong to me in my car. From what I saw, it was worth not less than Sh4,000. If I could, I would have taken the bag right back. But I did so the following day as early as I could. What was amusing was the look on their faces when I told them I had returned shopping I had taken home by mistake. “Who does that?” their looks seemed to suggest. “How sad?” I thought. That people actually expect the worst of fellow humans? That people are surprised when somebody does the right thing? Have we become a “dog eat dog” world, such that you become the weirdo by doing the right thing?

 I could have kept the shopping, but what if I had lost my shopping? Wouldn’t I have gone down on my knees and fasted for the it to be brought back? What if the items were the only ones that person could afford for the whole month, and what if that person had children? Would I sleep easy if some little ones somewhere were going hungry because I was too  dishonest to do the right thing? Certainly not.

Basic human principles, please. Do unto others…the world would be a much better place.