Giving and Taking from the Universe

"Cast your bread upon the waters and it shall return to you."

Who does this? Bread doesn't float. I think it should read, "Cast your bread upon the waters and it shall become soggy." Surely, the aforementioned Biblical sentiment has persevered in the human hive-mind due, not to its indisputable accuracy, but to its truthful reflection of human experience. Today it occured to me, for instance, that I've been making some serious withdrawals from my account at the First Universal Bank of Accumulated Karma. I've just really needed some profound support from my friends lately. As a result, the universe has been offering me plenty of opportunities to be in service myself. In fact, it's way too pronounced to be coincidental; this week at least four people needed my help with something--things like helping them to move or babysitting. It's as if I've been recieving karmic overdraft notices.

The irritating thing is that it's never the people to whom I most want to give that need my help, the people to whom I am most indebted. I guess the universe doesn't work that way. Instead of hundreds of little accounts payable and recievable ledgers, There just seems to be one, and everytime you help somebody with their term paper an entry is made, and every time you borrow someone else's car, an entry is made in the same book. This works as long as I don't stubbornly cling to an illusion of self-sufficiency.

I shall keep myself posted.