Throughout my lifetime, I can
remember different Halloween adventures. As we walked from home to home, we’d
stop to pick up pears that had fallen to the ground. Word on the street would
spread as to which homes had the popcorn balls or the best homemade cookies.
Yes. Homemade.
In our town, you never heard of
anyone tampering with candy. Halloween was fun and kids could count on being
treated, and never cruelly tricked. The only trick for me was the upset stomach
on All Saints Day from indulging in too many sweets the prior night.
Have you ever noticed that in life
we know people who are tricked by life and others who are treated? Whether life
brings rewards (treats) or disaster (tricks) doesn’t seem to have any
correlation as to how deserving they are.
Good people get the biggest tricks
of all—cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s. Bad people get big inheritances, win
the lottery, and raise high in life by stepping on others. I’m not saying that
all people who make it good in life are bad.
Badness comes from the core, not
the outward trappings. Bad people trick good people because they have no
conscience. They not only manipulate, they also revel in their power to sway
gullible people. They bully and project their own shortcomings onto others.
Life doesn’t have a balance sheet.
Good deeds for others doesn’t always produce dividends or reciprocation. Just
as when someone cons you and takes advantage of you, don’t expect karma to bite
them in the butt. Conniving a way to “get even” brings you down. Instead of
revenge being sweet as Halloween candy, it’s more like biting into a razor
blade hidden in an apple.
Personally, I’ve been both tricked
and treated numerous times throughout my life. That’s the way it is for
everyone. Maybe that’s where the balance is. Sometimes tricks turn into treats.
I lost a job at a time when I couldn’t afford to lose the income. I found a
much, much better one. When I was young, I had my heart broken. Then, I found
my soul mate.
The thing about life is that when
it hits rock bottom, it can’t possibly go any lower. Life is a cycle of good,
bad, good, bad, good. Unless the rollercoaster flies off the rails, just hang
on and enjoy the ride.
The choice is mine. Do I want to be
one of the tricked or one of the treated? I choose to be treated.
Copyright © October 2016 by L.S.
Fisher
http://earlyonset.blogspot.com
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