I am not into religious dogma but I believe that there is a right and wrong and the golden rule says it all. I would also like to believe in karma and the idea that what goes around may come around.
Here are a few examples of that idea in my own life.
A bully that I knew in high school: Shot in the head at twenty five.
A fellow engineer who confronted me publicly and called me a charlatan because of a discovery that I made in rigid body dynamics: His eye was knocked out in a bar fight.
A surveyor who tried to steal land from me: Killed when he flew his aircraft into a cable.
A corps of Engineers inspector working in collusion to violate the Clean Water Act and who I was trying to get thrown in jail at the time: Killed when he was run over by a car in someone's driveway!
A neighbor who got a big kick out of telling the story that I had to have a mammogram: Shortly after he died of lung and brain cancer.
A man who cheated me in a business deal and has lied about it ever since: His wife and step son were murdered and then he came down with cancer.
There are many more examples of this "Just World Theory" in my life that are too numerous to mention. It could be karma. Most likely it is coincidence or it may even be a fact that, "nobody can hoodoo a real hoodooman".
Regards and Happy New Year.
