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Mujtaba Shabaan
Connie S. Douglas
ENG 111-98
27 January 2016
I Believe in Karma
Everyone believes in something, some people believe that doing good in life, would help
them in a later life and some do not. Some people believe that people live more than one life
until their soul becomes pure, and some people believe that we lived an earlier life that made us
who we are today. I believe in Karma. Karma is something that exists in the source which moves
oneself. In Karma, for every behavior there will always be a reaction, and whatever a person
does, that doing a good or a bad thing, will return to them. The rule is to not hurt anyone, be
good, and do good.
The people who believe in Karma think that it is an incredible way to show their respect
to someone. Karma lets a person know that he or she is the one who is responsible for his or her
behaviors. The people who believe in Karma do not embarrass others or do harmful things to
them because they know that everything they do will come back to them. They always do or at
least try to do good things and help each other. We adopted Luke four years ago. The people
from the orphanage dropped him off at our hotel room without even saying goodbye. He was
nearly six years old, only twenty-eight pounds and his face was crisscrossed with scars. Clearly,
he was terrified. "What are his favorite things?" I yelled. "Noodles," they replied as the elevator
door shut. (Lantry 2005) However, that does not mean that they do not do bad things, or they do
not make mistakes. They do, but they learn from their mistakes and try to not repeat them again.

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Why I believe in Karma, how I was influenced to believe in it, how the belief started to
manifested in my life, and if I think is it going to change over the time or not.
I believe in Karma because Karma taught me how to always give with a kind heart and
help people. Also, Karma has made me a positive and a hopeful person. "We cannot change the
cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand."(Pausch 2016) Karma teaches us that your actions
create your future, and that even when you face hard situations in life, you always have control.
Furthermore, one can not get away from their past, but learning from the past can change their
future. Also, Karma is a persons bond to that past. The only ones who can be influenced by this
belief is the believers. They can control it by their thought, feeling and behaviors. For example,
one day I was walking uptown and I saw a homeless man on the street sleeping without a pillow,
nor a blanket. I went to a store and bought him a pillow, a blanket, and a warm drink. I came
back and I gave it to him. The money I used was actually saved up because I was planning to to
buy a backpack that I have been wanting for a while. A couple of months has passed, and a friend
gave me this backpack as a gift. After that incident, I realized that Karma was more prevalent
than I thought earlier in live. I believed that what ever a person does, they will get it back in their
future, and maybe in better ways. The rules are easy in Karma, just do the best as you can, and
you will be fine.
This belief was influenced by my parents who believe in it. We controlled our life by our
actions. Furthermore, we made our destiny by our behaviors. Karma taught us that we create our
happiness and misery. When I was young, I did not know what Karma was, but I always heard
my parents mentioning it. My mother is a teacher, and one day, she was talking about how
another teacher had mistreated her in front of many students and school members. The only thing
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what had been done to her. I asked my parents about Karma. They explained everything for me
about how Karma affects our life if we hurt someone or bother them, we will be hurt in some
way or another. Once I went to school wearing a white T-shirt. While I was doing my work in
class, one of my classmates wanted to make fun of me in front of the other students, so he broke
a blue pen and spread the ink onto my shirt. I was angry, embarrassed, but handled the situation
well. The next day, the student was given a warning, and his father was brought to school and
was told what his son has done. He was embarrassed, and that was when I knew how Karma
worked.
This belief starts to manifested in my life when I started to work with it, I started to help people
and be a positive person. When I eat or feel full, I am grateful for this fortunate life and want to
extend the same feeling to others. I believe in offering help to those who need it. Right now.
(Zapetis 2009) I saw my life become easier and more beautiful than in the past. As a result, I
started to love helping people and help them to reach what they want. When someone helps the
stranger, they will never forget that person. They will be always in their mind, and maybe some
people would actually be positively influenced by that person. In that situation some of the
people will start to act beautifully. For example, if there is someone from my hometown who was
coming to study in North Carolina, I would help him or her find the best apartment and show
them the city as well. I would also help them on their first day of school and show them what
kind of things the school offers. If I needed help someday, I know most people I helped will be
on my side. That is why I love how Karma works. When my friends try to talk about someone
without his knowledge, I try to not join them because that is not what I want happening to me. If
you would not like people to talk about you behind your back, you should not do it either.

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I do not think this belief will change over time or years because every time that I do
something my faith increases in Karma. When I helped the person uptown I got what I wanted
after, or when that student embarrassed me and was embarrassed. What happened in my life has
taught me that Karma is still here and will not end or be forgiven. People can not live without
Karma. Karma is that thing what makes our lives more interesting, positive, and hopeful.

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Works Cited
LANTRY, JACKIE. "The Power of Love to Transform and to Heal." NPR. NPR, 1 Aug. 2005.
Web. 08 Feb. 2016.
Pausch, Randy. "The Last Lecture Quotes." By Randy Pausch. N.p., 8 Apr. 2008. Web. 08 Feb.
2016.
Zapetis, Maria. "The Time to Help Is Now." NPR. NPR, 21 Apr. 2008. Web. 08 Feb. 2016.