I am a firm believer in karma, or something very close at least. While I cannot subscribe fully to the Hindu laws of dharma, I still feel that there is a sort of cosmic scale that needs to be kept in balance.

It seems that those that take more than they give do well in the short run, but the imbalance they create seems to drag them down in the end. Altruism seems to pay off more in the end, especially if one is not concerned with the gains from their generosity.

If more people strove to leave things better than they found them the world would become a much better place.