dreams: October 28, 1998
bad karma from my cookies
I'm at Evergreen College, visiting Phoebe. I'm in the
cafeteria. I see Linda (Valerie's mom -- lives down the street).
She looks radiant, and her cheeks are rosy. We greet each other;
I tell her she looks beautiful. She says I do too.
I stop at a little counter that is selling baked goods.
I ask for a cookie or scone. The woman tells me that only registered
students can order. Somehow she lets me make a purchase anyway.
I ask for a chocolate chip kind, looking in my wallet to find the
right change ($1). She gives me a raisin oatmeal cookie and
a long chocolate chocolate chip cookie. I put my change on the
counter and quickly leave, realizing it was a miscommunication. She
thought I had ordered both and didn't see that I hadn't given her
enough money.
All I could think about was KARMA. I knew it was bad karma,
what I'd done. Stealing. It becomes a nagging thought. What
should I do? I don't want bad karma. I just blow it off and
start eating the delicious chocolate cookie.
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