Karma and Rebirth: Not Good Enough?

Friday morning I was checking in with a co-worker about the day ahead. Somehow the conversation drifted and she mentioned that she believes in rebirth and hopes that she’ll do good enough in this life so that in the next life she’ll have parents who love and care for her so she doesn’t have to go through all the shit she has in this life. 

The conversation then slid to her mentioning someone in the District who continues to rise despite, in my co-workers view, incident after incident of being mean, etc. 

I suggested that if she believes that our present deeds impact our future lives, she need not worry about this person who seems to continue to rise. What goes around comes around. 

“But she’s old,” said my co-worker, “no way she can get all she’s got coming.”

“Well,” I said, “you don’t have to worry – in her next lives she might have hell to pay but you don’t have to suffer now about that.” 

“You know,” she said, “that just is not good enough for me.”

Then we went on about the day.