You’ve probably heard the saying that “Kharma is a Bi$#*%”. But I’m not so sure about that. I think it depends on
which side of the Kharma you land on.
I’ll give you a recent example. My wife and I were on vacation in Kauai last month and we decided to play golf at an upscale golf course called “Hokuala”. We were able to play as a “two-some” so that was nice, but my wife only signed up for 9 holes, so she sat out the front nine.
Basically being a “single” meant that I was playing a lot faster than the four-some in front of us. And for the first four holes I was waiting at each tee box for an extended period of time. I didn’t mind that so much, but they noticed that I was always waiting around for them to finish up on the green as well. So my wife suggested we skip the 5th hole and drive around them. That sounded like a good plan because I didn’t want to annoy them by being so close behind them all day.
Since they were still on the 5th tee box after I finished the 4th hole, I quickly drove up and asked them, “Is there a group right in front of you?” It was an innocent question, because I was about to explain how I would be happy to skip the 5th hole so that I wasn’t on their tail anymore. Unfortunately, they took my question the wrong way and assumed I was criticizing them for slow play. Two different guys mouthed off to me and gave me a hard time and were still yelling at me as they drove away. My wife gave me a look like, “Why didn’t you respond to those jerks?”
I thought about it. Then I explained that at 70 years old, I’ve learned that keeping my mouth shut lessens the chance of me coming off like a jerk myself. An attribute that has served me well many times in my old age!
On the 8th hole, a PAR 3 over water, Kharma kicks in. As I’m leaving the green, I notice someone left their really nice Scotty Cameron Putter Cover behind. I knew instantly it must belong to one of those jerks up ahead, so of course my first thought was to toss it into the lake. And sure enough, a minute later they come driving up in their golf cart asking if I found a red putter cover. Having not thrown it into the lake, I still had it in my hand. But before handing it over, I took time to explain to them how my question was meant to benefit them so that I wouldn’t be on their ass all day. Now they were the ones who kept their mouths shut, driving away with Kharma kicking their ass and not mine!
