Karmic Blessing

"What comes around goes around."

 We often hear this axiom in the context of getting even. Or maybe, if someone’s harmed us, we’ll use the phrase to let the world know that karmic justice is thundering down the road.   Hopefully, in the near future.

Today, though, TLC was on the receiving end of good karma.  In fact the leasing agent I called used the “k” word. It went kind of like this:

For nearly five years TLC has owed around five thousand dollars to a former landlord – the balance due when we terminated an office lease. However, at the time we didn’t have it.  But we promised to pay it later.

However, “later” became months, then years. It seemed we could never get the funds together in one lump – once we met our more pressing bills. Last week, though, because I felt bad about not being able to take care of this debt, I hit upon a plan. And the plan was to pay at least $500 a month until we paid it off.  But the leasing agent’s answer took me by surprise.

                “You have good karma coming your way today,” he told me. 

Then he said that because of the good we do in the community the debt had been forgiven by the property owner – a large Arizona based charitable organization.

I guess you could say they have some good karma headed their way…