Tuesday, 6th May 2025 - What kind deeds did I do today?

1. I made my bed.

2. I brushed my teeth.

3. I washed my face.

4. I put on deodorant.

5. I emptied the bins in the rooms into the kitchen bin.

6. I had breakfast.

7. I washed the dishes after breakfast.

8. I bought some snacks and lunch.

9. I had lunch.

10. I emptied the recycling bin into the main recycling bin outside.

11. I watered the flowers in the back garden and front garden.

12. I cleaned the bathroom.

13. I fed the pigeons today.

14. I unblocked all my friends on WhatsApp. Friends are good. Anyone can be a friend.

Reflecting on Buddha's Teachings

Buddha taught us not to seek revenge on someone who has harmed us but to forgive the person regardless of how many times they have harmed us in the past. We must not deal out negative karma because karmic reactions are controlled by the universe rewarding or punishing us for the actions we did in the past not by us humans revenging past actions or rewarding past actions of others. So we just need to concentrate on being kind not on vengeance and punishment. For example, a positive karmic reaction to a good action in the past would be to be beautiful in the future, to attract a good job, to attract friendly friends, to attract a nice house to live in, to live in a nice attractive tidy comfortable house, to be healthy and to have fun enjoyable past times. The universe rewards us for good actions and the universe punishes us for bad actions.