Instant Karma (we all shine on)

Wayne dyer once said that how people treat you is their karma and how you react is yours. I wonder how many of you believe in the laws of karma. I very much do. Karma seems to keep things balanced, even and fair. Those of you who have never considered karma would not question why things happen. I do. I'm always astonished by the way it works though I have no idea how come it does.

Back in the days karma was all about the idea that what goes around comes around. For every event that occurs, there will follow another event whose existence was caused by the first. Nowadays the word karma is often followed by "is a bitch," and often regarded as those funny little moments of win in life. I think that every one of you has had moments like this. My best one yet was when I agreed when a cop asked if he could cut in front of me when the light turned green. As soon as we went through the light he turned on his lights and pulled over the guy in front of me who had cut me off at the last intersection. (Ain't karma a bitch?)

Most people do good deeds and call it karma. I ask, where is the karma? Don't get me wrong, it's not that doing good deeds is a bad thing, but karma is doing both good and bad.

In the past few weeks I have witnessed karma working twice. Not on me but on two other people. The message was clear to me; judgment is sure, and glory is possible; That as we sow, we reap; and that we are responsible not only for our own lives but also for the lives of all those we affect and who we can affect.
"well, we all shine on," Lennon sang, declaring that we cannot possibly be here to spend our lives suffering. So why do we limit ourselves to one small place, one role, when we are all made for greater things?


Just a little something to think about.

And remember - what goes around, comes around. Both ways.


Till later,


Whole lotta love.

I am the passenger

I'm Rachel. you can call me that, you can call me "RayRay," "Rach," "Rachie Cakes," or just about anything, as long as it's not "Kumkwat," though I do love oranges.

I can now say that I am the passenger (and I ride and I ride...) My journey began years ago when I arrived at New Jersey, completely ready to pursue my dream of becoming an architect. I was excited to be moving far away from my hometown in Israel, eager to experience bigger and better things, and thrilled to begin the adventure of a new life on my own in a foreign country.

Here I am. I've been living here for 4 years, and guess what? I love this fucking place! I have to ask myself: how long will it be before I’m “from around here”? Well, in the strictest terms, maybe never. Maybe I will always look at this place with an eye from the outside, but frankly, that doesn’t bother me. I think it will only help me love my new home more.

Well, what else is there to say? I'm 25. I'm an architecture student. I love my family (aka "the Heb Squad") and friends. I've never been in a very serious relationship. I drink. A lot. I'm a capricorn. I don't believe in astrology, but the profile of capricorn is frighteningly accurate of me. Music runs in my blood. I have a serious penguin fixation. I'm a night person, and wish I hadn't had a thing of importance to do during the days. I'm creative. Some people see things as they are and say why. I dream things that never were and say why not? I'm actually kind of a jerk. Sarcasm is just one more service I offer, which makes me an ass, but everyone loves me for that. I can't complain, but sometimes I still do. I'm stubborn. My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me. I put the pro in procrastination. I laugh at my own jokes because I'm hilarious. I tend to smile.


In an effort to keep this post short that's all I really have to say.
I'm me and very well may be you.


Till later,

Whole lotta love.