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June 12th, 2007 by Sean You Reap What You Sow

I’m not Christian, but that doesn’t mean I reject the entire bible. Galatians 6:7 is a keeper.

My mom’s ex-husband (my ex-step-dad) was diagnosed with cancer of the pancreas and liver. The doctors told him he has about 2 months to live without treatment, or 3 months to live with treatment. He chose treatment.

He has two daughters, and they live out of state. They flew into state to visit him, but while in state decided that they would rather hang out with their friends who they haven’t seen in a while. They didn’t have time to see him.

Now that is sad. I don’t know how you cut it up, but that is just plain old sad.

I feel bad for my ex-step-dad. But I can’t deny that he’s reaping what he sowed. I still feel bad though.

I suppose his time has come. He’s lived a dishonest life. And now he leaves this world prematurely with broken relationships. It’s such a simple lesson, but it’s so powerful.

I try to do what’s right. I try to be honest, I try not to steal, or cheat. I’m not perfect, but I make a conscious effort to do what’s right in difficult situations. A lot of times it’s hard to tell if doing what’s right is actually a good decision. If everyone around you is doing what’s wrong, and you can’t see any immediate downside… then it’s tough. But man - let me tell you - doing what’s right is right for a reason. You reap what you sow. I see it clearly now.

I’ve only seen people reap extremely negative things a half-dozen times in my life. Reality is very forgiving. But if you keep making bad decisions, relying on Reality’s forgiveness for your existence… you will be in a world of hurt when Reality says enough is enough. My ex-step-dad lied to everyone he knew his entire life. He cheated on his multiple wives. He managed to borrow time from Reality for quite a while… but now Reality is cashing in.

It is sad. But what’s sad is that the only way for him to learn was to bring it to this extreme. If Reality has forgivin you, I highly recommend taking the easy lesson, before Reality decides to bitch-slap the lesson into your skull.

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### 5 Responses to “You Reap What You Sow”

1. Derg4 Says:
   June 12th, 2007 at 9:36 pm

   That is a sad story… I try not to cheat or anything bad like that, just because I believe in karma. If this is true, my brother is going to live a very hard life. =(

2. nautilus Says:
   June 12th, 2007 at 10:28 pm

   Sad. Very sad. I always thought most lessons were more subtle than that…

   “My ex-step-dad lied to everyone he knew his entire life. He cheated on his multiple wives. He managed to borrow time from Reality for quite a while… but now Reality is cashing in.”

   Somehow I doubt he’ll see it that way. Objectively it makes sense though. Heh, maybe the lesson is for us.

3. Bentinho Massaro Says:
   June 13th, 2007 at 9:05 am

   Yes sad story, unfortunately sad stories like these are very common.

   I understand your line of perspective and I agree with the cause and effect phenomenon. I also think that it is good to purify your habits and become more conscious of your behaviour. Not only will it allow more control over yourself in every-day life, but it will also improve your overall quality of life tremendously.

   “You reap what you sow” - Yes very true. However, the more conscious your causes will be made, the less powerfull the bondage to unconscious effects will become. That is a gradual and relatively slow way to create a life build around happy circumstances. But I agree, it is good to choose to make pure decisions.

   Ultimately we (I) would want thought, speech and action to be congruent in total purity. I used to be very strict about that, very disciplined, which was pleasant in a way, but also caused my mind to be disturbed, obsessed and frustrated. I realized this was not the way to perfection for me. Well not by only purifying my deeds.

   I realized that being totally pure in thought, speech and action is a result of perfection. It can be a way to perfection, but perfection is not gained through this quickly. IMO the way of living in purity is the result from being fully awake, conscious, in everything we do.

   Bentinho Massaro

4. hotfoot982 Says:
   June 14th, 2007 at 7:43 am

   Wow yeah,
   I really believe that this is true too.
   I try not to steal or anything like that.
   Well that was mean how those 2 girls didn’t see their father

   I just hope not to get caught up in wrong things ;).

   - hotfoot982

5. dragonfly183 Says:
   June 17th, 2007 at 11:32 pm

   this reminds me of another story. i have an aunt who is a horrible gossip. if she doesn’t have anything bad to talk about on a person she will make things up!. a few years ago she got cancer of the laranyx

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