Do you believe you reap what you sow?

[Greydove28]

Do you believe you reap what you sow?

If that means do the 'bad' get punished and the' good' get rewarded, then, no.

Seen more of the other way round to be honest.

Yes and no.

On the one hand life is not just going to knock on your door. You have to put effort into relationships, jobs, fitness etc.

On the other life really isn't fair. I no the most undeserving people who always come up smelling of roses.

Sadly, no. Arseholes and horrible people get away with all sorts and still prosper.

It must be nice to believe that they’ll pay for it after they die - I only wish I could!

Most definitely not. My young sister died before she was three, she had hydrocephalus and suffered horribly during her short life. What could she have possibly done to 'reap what she sewed'?

My husband is a good man, he already had terminal cancer when he suffered a massive stroke that has robbed him of an awful lot, he has done nothing to deserve what he is going through.

Sometimes but not always and it is more good things happen to good people in my experience rather than negative things happen to nasty people.

I always think of "reap what you sow" specifically referring to people getting come back from deliberate actions. And yes, I really do think you reap what you sow. I have just seen first hand that this can happen. It might have taken 30 years. But that person has got exactly what they deserved and is -finally-having to live with the consequences of what they did. Its the closest to closure I will ever get. But worth the wait.

Yes

@Georgeskitchen

In an ideal world yes

This ^

To some extent, yes. I believe that we do all have agency in our lives and we can choose how we act and react in any given set of circumstances. The choices that we make undoubtedly affect the outcomes.

However, I also believe that luck plays a huge part. Whether people are born into a rich family or a poor one. Whether they live in a peaceful country or a war zone. Whether they are victims of crime or illness or accidents etc. Sometimes just being in the right place and the right time...or the wrong place at the wrong time.

Our lives are the result of a complex interweaving of luck - good or bad - and the choices that we make - both consciously and subconsciously. So it isn't as simple as you reap what you sow, but the sowing bit is important!

Interesting....I suppose sometimes you need to give karma a little nudge in the right direction, it depends on what's been sewn and if your able to pick at a few threads then 🤔 ....I like to see a few people unravel, It hasn't happened yet but I've not been ready to get the kit out. Waiting for the reaping can be more excruciating.

No. Unfortunately

Nope I think 95% of life is down to luck and only about 5% down to actions, although people who do well in some area of their life always put it down to hard work.

NB see Mollie Mae .

Nah, life isn't fair.

Yes I think its true. I tell my children it isn't what you have its what you do with what you have that counts. The more they put into their education the better their future will be, the same as making good decisions and avoiding trouble. I believe in khama and what goes around comes around. In business (I'm a small business owner) if I treat my customers well then I am "paid back" by them recommending me to their friends. The more I put into my business, the more "safe risks" I take the more I get out. If I help friends out then I know I have friends to call on when I'm in trouble. When driving, if I let people out at junctions its spreads goodwill, and they in turn will let people out, meaning I'm less likely to get stuck!

Yes, I do. But I believe that phrase means, “Be careful what you do/how you treat others, because they’ll be more likely to shaft you back,” and not, “Karma will make sure baddies are eaten by bears.”

Do you mean in an agricultural sense?

Yes but not always in the way we expect.

To a large extent, yes. Not because karma exists but because we have agency over both our actions and - more significantly - our minds. We can definitely influence our own outcomes in life through our actions but we can also choose how we look at/deal with any adversity. That doesn't mean that bad things don't happen to good people (or vice versa) but it does have significant weight across a lifetime.

In terms of relationships, to an extent. If you are disinterested, uncaring, mistreat others, whatever, I think eventually people get wise to you and drop away. In other aspects of life, definitely not. Luck and fate are huge deciding factors in how things pan out.

Nope. I'm a nice, good upstanding citizen and generally fun to be around. I was only really spreading good around and then I got diagnosed with MS and have had unpleasant shit happen to me. I don't believe in karma because I genuinely don't think I have done anything that bad to deserve my life right now. (I am doing my best to stay positive and still contribute but this whole "what goes around comes around" really bugs the crap out of me.)

No. There are some truly awful people I've known that continue to do well.

There are also some really good people that have been treated appallingly, including me.

The older I get the less I'm going to give.

I may be wrong but I've never really read the phrase in the way that everyone in the thread seems to (ie karma). I see it more as 'you get out what you put in' so, effort with friendships, relationships, life in general. And, in this sense, I think, by and large, I do believe it - if I were to treat someone like shit, I can't expect them to be nice in return; if I don't try hard in the exam/job interview/whatever then I can't expect to do well in it. It's obviously not foolproof, and unfair things do happen, but I try to teach my kids that, for the most part, you get out what you put in, and I often use this phrase when talking about it.

Yes. I do. Not financially, though. It seems some people can behave in hideous ways and still wind up rich, living in lovely houses.

But in friendships and relationships, definitely. I think at the end of your life, you'll be surrounded by the people you made time for, and treated well.

I hope!

In life generally no, a lot of unfair things happen, but I think with regards to your children yes, you generally reap what you sow.

I believe in karma as I have seen if