Frank Z
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Merriam-Webster.com/dictionary/KARMA
Main Entry: kar·ma
Pronunciation: \ˈkär-mə also ˈkər-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Sanskrit karma fate, work
Date: 1827
1 often capitalized : the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence
It's a safe bet that all of us understand the underlying principal:
What goes around comes around.
Do unto others as you would have done to you.
Karma, its a B*tch....and sometimes it really should be.
Case in point.
I'm having my morning pot of coffee and I've got the news on. The local talking head is telling me about a 5 year old girl whos body was found yesterday. Her mother has been arrested and charged with Human Trafficing. Can you believe it? Selling her own 5 year old daughter for ....well you know what for.
I'm a parent and stuff like this gets to me. Breaks my heart to be perfectly honest.
The talking head goes on to relay more stories of theft, murder, fraud...on and on and on. Not a good single "Feel Good" story today. Bummer.
So I've been driving around and thinking...yeah, ubber dangerous. KARMA, those Buddhists figured it out. Do bad things and Karma will jump up and bite ya on the arse. Do good things and maybe, just maybe, something good will be done for you.
So here's a little proposition for ya. I want to do something good for someone here. How about a set of Rock SliderZ at no cost, not even freight, to 1 person. I want to give you a set as my way of delivering a little bit of good Karma to the right person. I want that one person to wake up on Dec. 26 2009 and look at this thread and be glad they did something kind and unexpected for a complete stranger....
Yep that's The Catch, The Attached String as it were.
So here's the deal, you want to be the guy or gal to get 'em, you gotta earn 'em.
The rules are simple:
Starting tomorrow all of you that are interested must perform one completely Random Act of Kindness for a complete and total stranger. Upon completion you post up here and, without going into great detail, tell me what you did.
Change a flat for an old lady.
Pay someone's utility bill or even a small part of it.
Find a family in need and make a differnce by giving them a hand up.
No, buying a wino a bottle of wine doesn't count...sorry. Think bigger and better than that.
I know you're asking yourself "Self! How can this idiot prove that anyone did anything?" Well......I can't. All I can do is place my trust in each one of you. Yeah you can make up a little story but I really hope you don't.
Either way, I'll come through and deliver as promised.
My final rule. If you're not a member of this forum (no you don't have to be a paying member) as of today then you're automatically out of the running. We don't to get over run with people signing up just to enter this little give-away.
Somehow I get the feeling that we'll all be winners when this is over and done with.
Main Entry: kar·ma
Pronunciation: \ˈkär-mə also ˈkər-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Sanskrit karma fate, work
Date: 1827
1 often capitalized : the force generated by a person's actions held in Hinduism and Buddhism to perpetuate transmigration and in its ethical consequences to determine the nature of the person's next existence
It's a safe bet that all of us understand the underlying principal:
What goes around comes around.
Do unto others as you would have done to you.
Karma, its a B*tch....and sometimes it really should be.
Case in point.
I'm having my morning pot of coffee and I've got the news on. The local talking head is telling me about a 5 year old girl whos body was found yesterday. Her mother has been arrested and charged with Human Trafficing. Can you believe it? Selling her own 5 year old daughter for ....well you know what for.
I'm a parent and stuff like this gets to me. Breaks my heart to be perfectly honest.
The talking head goes on to relay more stories of theft, murder, fraud...on and on and on. Not a good single "Feel Good" story today. Bummer.
So I've been driving around and thinking...yeah, ubber dangerous. KARMA, those Buddhists figured it out. Do bad things and Karma will jump up and bite ya on the arse. Do good things and maybe, just maybe, something good will be done for you.
So here's a little proposition for ya. I want to do something good for someone here. How about a set of Rock SliderZ at no cost, not even freight, to 1 person. I want to give you a set as my way of delivering a little bit of good Karma to the right person. I want that one person to wake up on Dec. 26 2009 and look at this thread and be glad they did something kind and unexpected for a complete stranger....
Yep that's The Catch, The Attached String as it were.
So here's the deal, you want to be the guy or gal to get 'em, you gotta earn 'em.
The rules are simple:
Starting tomorrow all of you that are interested must perform one completely Random Act of Kindness for a complete and total stranger. Upon completion you post up here and, without going into great detail, tell me what you did.
Change a flat for an old lady.
Pay someone's utility bill or even a small part of it.
Find a family in need and make a differnce by giving them a hand up.
No, buying a wino a bottle of wine doesn't count...sorry. Think bigger and better than that.
I know you're asking yourself "Self! How can this idiot prove that anyone did anything?" Well......I can't. All I can do is place my trust in each one of you. Yeah you can make up a little story but I really hope you don't.
Either way, I'll come through and deliver as promised.
My final rule. If you're not a member of this forum (no you don't have to be a paying member) as of today then you're automatically out of the running. We don't to get over run with people signing up just to enter this little give-away.
Somehow I get the feeling that we'll all be winners when this is over and done with.
