Stealing is Stealing

I was a kid once. A Kritikal kid. I did bad things, I stole once or twice, I lied a few times more, and  I cheated in some sporting activities and I was mean sometimes. However, I have grown up, become more Kritikal, somewhat less childish, and I have paid for my mistakes, bad choices and regrets. I think I can look back now and say that although my parents raised me to know right from wrong, my choice was to learn it the hard way...

When you make the choice to take something from someone- with good intentions or bad, and you do not return that something to that someone, you will always end up reaping the consequences of that. In some way, shape or form, you will get what you deserve. I know I can say that without a doubt because I've been there- done that. Now, my rebellious teenage ways may not be child smuggling or murder, but crime is crime, stealing is stealing, and it does not matter who you are stealing from, it makes no difference when the rubber meets the road, you are still taking something that is not yours, and was never meant to be yours. 

I count myself as a person with common sense, although I am Kritikal, and sometimes a tad narrow minded, I also count myself as a law abiding citizen who wishes to forget the past, and move on to bigger and better things. 

I have discovered one of my friends is a black stone in the bucket of Diamonds that I call my friends. 

She not only chose to deceive a community of people, who would have given anything to support and love her through thick and thin, she chose to take money from them. The reason I am being so Kritikal about this, is because although as I said earlier, I am no stranger to wrong doings, and deceit, I said good bye to all of that when I grew out of my silly teenage years. 

This person, this black stone in the bucket of Diamonds, is a 30 something, independent, grown up, who all of my friends and I had placed great trust in, without a second of doubt. The thing is, it wasn't a great deal of money, it was only a few dollars each, but when you add it all up, it's quite a lot. 

I take great assurance in Karma/fate/reaping what you sow, or whatever you would like to call it. I know that when you do something wrong, you will get what is deserved, and when karma comes crashing in, she packs a whollop. 

It does not matter if you steal from a group of little old ladies at the bake sale, collecting money for diseased and lame animals,  blind children in a 3rd world country, or if you take a bit of change from someones bench top because you 'know you will return it so there is no harm.' Stealing is stealing, and no matter whether you are rich, poor, young or old, you cannot escape reaping what you sow.

And besides that, no one should steal because it simply is wrong. Choosing not to steal because you might get caught, or because you might have to face consequences, or because you will be humiliated when it all comes out in the wash shouldn't have to be a deterrent. 

A person's reason for not stealing, should be simply that it is wrong. It's called having a conscience but I guess some people are just born without one.

Kritkal.