A Secret Belief.

It’s often occurred to me during my recent troubles that maybe I’m paying off negative karma. I like the twin doctrines of karma and reincarnation. They make sense to me, even though I have no proof and never preach them.

But then I wondered how many other people secretly (hidden even from their own conscious minds) also attach credence to the possibility of karmic debt. How many times do you hear people in difficulty say: ‘What on earth have I done to deserve this?’