What is your Karma footprint?

I was having a deep moment of thought the other day. Actually I was writing some lyrics for a song and I thought of a concept that I think is quite useful in life.

I think that there are a lot of people that believe in Karma and that “what goes around comes around.” However, I was thinking about the karma that you create that you don’t know you create.

Here’s an example. Let’s say you are out at a restaurant having dinner with a couple friends. Maybe there is a lot going on and you aren’t really paying attention. What if you end up getting home and realizing that the waitress gave you an extra 20 bucks back in change?  Or maybe you don’t even notice it.  Chances are the waitress will have to pay that money back from her tips. She may not know who she gave the extra money to… but you can be sure that she’s sending some seriously bad karma your way.

I think that it’s important to be more aware of what kind of mess we are all leaving behind in our day to day lives. The more often people are “cleaning up” after you, the more bad karma they are sending your way.

I think that there is something very good about this too though… I think that the more “gifts” you leave behind, the more good karma is sent your way. I think a lot of people don’t perform good deeds unless they are noticed… Haven’t you ever heard that “no good deed goes unnoticed.” Maybe the opposite is true too.  Just food for thought.