Anita-Corbo

What does good karma look like?

To me, it looks like a total stranger whom I’ve never met before & who decided to put my stories on a list with other writers on Medium – a platform that I haven’t written any stories on in 3-½ years. (Except for just comments).

I woke up to these notifications in my email:

Here is the link to It Starts With Love: Love Is All We Have – https://medium.com/@waynestein/list/78e575731edf

❤️Samurai Sam: Wild Wayne❤️ had added essays that I thought nobody reads anymore. (Well, I guess some people do). This kind gesture blew me away because I’ve been suffering severe depression for so many years & honestly felt absolutely worthless at that moment in time.

Here is another link to Smart Warriors -https://medium.com/@waynestein/list/8fb0318bf58a

Here is another link to Power People! – https://medium.com/@waynestein/list/56931cb72c7e

In my heart, my wish is that you take time to read one, any, some or all of the stories on his list. Actually it would be kind of unrealistic to expect you to read all of them because there are literally THOUSANDS of them.

THOUSANDS! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

So maybe I’ll just ask you to pick a few. 🤷‍♀️

This generous soul's name is Wayne Stein – Dr. Wayne Stein.

If you’re a tad bit curious to view a little more about him, he goes by this moniker on Medium. You can’t miss it. It has red heart emojis!!!

♥️Samurai Sam: Wild Wayne♥️ https://medium.com/@waynestein

If you read some of his own personal stories, you will come to understand his life in bits & pieces & realize that his battle with cancer has truly tested his strength as a person. He was diagnosed with stage 4 lymphoma a couple of times due to drinking poisoned water for many years. He went into remission after the first time & then the disease came back to rear it’s ugly head another time after that. I’m not quite sure if it has reappeared into his life again. The stories he has written lead me to believe it hasn’t, but in all fairness, I can’t assume something I don’t know for sure.

All I can say is this. He has made an incredible & indelible mark on my mind in just this past week alone.

He didn't know what I had been dealing with lately. All the self-doubts about myself, the fact I stopped commenting on my social media accounts because of my health struggles & exhaustion, the chronic physical pain I experience daily, the challenges with my husband's recovery, the smear & slander campaigns I’ve had to endure, the panic attacks/PTSD that keep me holed up in my house for days at a time & yada, yada, yada…

The one quality that has made me appreciate him to a large degree was the similar mindset we have about karma & uplifting others through writing words from afar with the vibration of LOVE. Even in spite of the times when we really feel like just lashing out at them instead.

Which is the spider-web trap I had gotten myself into lately. 🕸

My mindset had become so bitter these last few months & there was a loss of trust on my part about anything & everything in this world that I could be capable of having an opinion about. My tendencies to shut people out because I don’t feel safe at all in this world has made me rather lonely. “Maybe it’s safer to have no friends at all” had become my mantra for living.

“I’ll just sue the frickin pants out of everybody! I’ll show them! Watch it, you’ll see!”

LMFAO——— 🤣

Because it really is safer & easier that way, isn’t it? To be cruel & hurtful to the people who were cruel & hurtful to us? We’ve ALL done it. We’ve ALL been there.

But who really wants to stay in that mindset for the rest of their lives???

NOBODY! (I’m assuming. Nobody in their right mind, at least). 🤔

Anyways, back to Dr. Stein.

Wayne was trained in martial arts just as fiercely as he’s been on the opposite side teaching. Battles on this Earth have been a harsh testing of his faith in that form of art. He abides by this mindset of the fierce warrior in an intelligent & peaceful way, not in an aggressive or hurtful way. Those teachings he has mastered have crossed over into other aspects of his life.

So when the cancer came, that dreaded C-word that everyone despises, he rose high & mighty to the occasion & fought it with MINDFUL POSITIVITY. There is a YouTube video on the Tedx Talk he gave about his resilience using his martial arts background.

The 16 minutes I took out of my day to watch it was well worth it. The main reason was because I appreciated him as a stranger who appeared out-of-the-blue to encourage me. He gave my written work value, so I, in turn, chose to give him value by viewing the speech he gave. He deserved that respect. It was the least I could do.

So I decided to catch a tiny glimpse.

Here is the link -

OK, last one! Here is a link to his YouTube channel where he demonstrates his discipline with martial arts. There are also videos on his interest & fascination with other Asian cinema culture.

https://youtube.com/@docnirvana

I’m not quite sure where I’m going with this other than I’ll go back to the title of my essay – “What Good Karma Looks Like.”

And I’m definitely not talking about someone’s profile picture. 😃

Whether he had a full head of hair before his chemotherapy or whether he lost it all afterwards, good karma looks like the man I just wrote about.

A man who believes the world doesn't revolve around just him but knows that he actually lives AMONGST other humans. 🌟

A man who takes the time to read a 4-yr. old story & include it on his reading list. 🌟

A man who uplifts others from afar by writing with the pure intent of love. 🌟

A man who loves teaching others that it is possible to heal with a resilient mindset. 🌟

A man who chose to find positive thoughts instead of complaining during the suffering he endured. 🌟

A man who randomly posts short positive comments on a page. 🌟

A man who doesn't feel threatened by showing other people's stories because he feels secure enough in his own power. 🌟

A man who fights with the transformative power of kindness instead of getting caught up in hatred. 🌟

A man who isn't afraid to open up about his vulnerabilities because he knows they don’t make him look weaker, they ironically make him feel stronger inside instead. 🌟

A man who allows other human beings to shine besides himself. 🌟

A man who might hear a juicy bit of gossip & instead of reacting with disgust, he would probably say – “But what can you tell me something GOOD about that person? Please, I’d rather know that.” 🌟

To me, THAT IS WHAT GOOD KARMA LOOKS LIKE -

🌈 🌟🌈