No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
By Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
United States
January 11, 2016 9:51pm CST
This is one of Murphy's Laws. It's the one that always applies to me. I do a good deed and I get punished for it. It's always the case.
This time I scheduled something for Thursday of last week and then found out I could have had my car fixed on that day. It was great driving weather and would have been an easy trip, but I chose Tuesday because I already made plans and honored them. Now Tuesday is multiple heavy snow warnings, and I can't drive over four hours in a blizzard. I will have to delay getting my car fixed for another week, because this storm will last all week and it won't be safe to travel until then.
-sigh- Every time I do something good I get punished. I wonder why I even bother being nice any more.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Jan 16
I helped a kid that owed 12 cents that he didn't have the other day and it resulted in having now numbers on the lotto tickets actually there. so I guess that was a minor punishment. But if I give someone a ride my headlights blow. If I help someone do something, my own schedule goes wrong. If I go out of my way then I get injured. I don't think I win ever.
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
12 Jan 16
Can't say I can relate. Yes it seems to happen but not that often, I just mark it down to "life"
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Jan 16
To me it happens all the time. It's a little more than just life.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Jan 16
The silver lining is an illusion here!
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
12 Jan 16
@OneOfMany Sorry that it doesn't work for you but I have become good at always finding one in all my situations. I'm a believer that with God nothing is impossible. 
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Jan 16
I think I will delay, I don't like driving into snow storms when I can avoid them.
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
12 Jan 16
It might mean I'm supposed to be bad and not do good deeds. Who can say? :D
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@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
13 Jan 16
@OneOfMany maybe you are suffering on behalf of others?
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
13 Jan 16
@HanVanMeegerin Or I suffer because I cause suffering and the good deeds aren't enough to cover what I cause? But if one can shape the world with their stray thoughts, then should they suffer from the world being so fragile?
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