No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

When I first heard the saying,
“No good deed goes unpunished,”
it seemed so contrary to all I’d
known: Good deeds beget good
feelings and good merit.

Even religions expose the value
and the merit of good deeds.

But I have seen many cases
since hearing that saying
where good deeds were punished:

When I lived in Vermont,
a woman who lived in
Burlington, Vermont
always invited homeless
people into her home to
console and feed them.

For her kindness, she
eventually was sliced
to pieces by a crazed,
homeless psycho.

Two young ministers
gave three men a ride
out of kindness. The men
kidnapped the ministers
at gunpoint, shot
them to death and
stole their money
and their car.

I could cite many more
examples, some my
own, but as you can
see and probably knew,
sometimes good deeds
do get punished.

My final take on this
is do good deeds, but
be careful in doing
them.

Bob Boyd

Author: BobBoyd

Age 80. Cancer survivor since 3 years ago. Work out 3 times a week. Ride my exercise bike 2 hours a day. Live a solo reclusive life. Retired a year ago from working with the elderly in a nonprofit. Started writing poetry a little over a year ago; most poems I write are fictional but some are not. Spiritual with a permanent spiritual experience. Write poems on many subjects. Always researching for many of my poems and because of my unquenchable thirst for knowledge. After reading and hearing about many near death experiences and death bed visions, I believe death is the ultimate awakening and the relocation of a lifetime. You may believe differently, but you have the right to be wrong -- I'm just messing with you. :-) View all posts by BobBoyd