text: do you believe in karma?   yes and no.   i don't believe that the good (or evil) done in this life will be revisited upon you in the next. there is no afterlife or reincarnation.  however, i do think that people who do good things often see good things done to them and vice versa. this is not a hard rule. plenty of people are terrible, yet enjoy wonderful lives. many people are chronic do-gooders, yet suffer at every turn. however, i find that often a good deed is rewarded, if only by increasing the aggregate sense of happiness in the immediate vicinity.