Hey Reader
When I was younger, my teachers had one line they never got tired of repeating:
“Karma is real. What you do to others will come back to you.”
I wasn’t convinced.
I had seen people cheat and win. Lie and get away with it. Be cruel and still thrive. So I quietly filed karma under “nice theory, unproven.”
Then university happened.
We had a class rep—let’s call her Ada.
Ada was strict. Not disciplined—strict.
Submit your assignment two seconds late? She wouldn’t collect it.
Need handouts? There was always an extra charge.
Question her decisions? That was a risk you didn’t want to take.
Group projects were worse. Everyone prayed not to end up in her group. She ruled with precision and pressure. And somehow, the lecturers admired her “leadership,” so she always stayed in power.
Ada ran her little empire flawlessly… until one day, the numbers didn’t add up.
Her mismanagement of class funds was exposed. Quiet investigations turned loud. Meetings were called. Decisions were made.
The untouchable class rep was asked to repeat four semesters.
The shame was heavy. Too heavy. She eventually dropped out.
And just like that, the empire collapsed.
That was the first time I paused and thought, maybe karma doesn’t always move immediately—but it moves.
Sometimes it doesn’t come in whispers.
Sometimes it doesn’t show up the next day.
Sometimes it waits… builds… and then lands like a report card you cannot argue with.
But here’s what I learned:
Don’t do good because you’re afraid of karma.
Do good because integrity is expensive—and worth it.
Life doesn’t always punish wrongdoing instantly.
But consequences have a strange way of finding their address.
So is karma real?
I don’t know.
But I know this—nothing stays hidden forever.
Josh 🙏🏼
