What goes around comes around. At least that's what they say.
I recently came to learn the kindness displayed by Ball State students. Or, should I say, lack thereof.
My cell phone slipped out of my pocket last Saturday as I was leaving Late Night. Had I noticed, I would have picked it up. However, someone else beat me to it. With all the opportune places to turn it in, no one has come forth to return what is rightfully mine.
The brand new phone was a gift to me from my father, and it was more than a phone to me. I hate the thought of someone else using my cell phone. So much for moral fiber.
When I was younger, my little sister and I were playing at a park when we found a wallet. Upon opening it, we came across a large amount of cash. Our first reaction was to split the findings and head to the local candy store. However, we were raised to know right from wrong, and made the decision that any truthful human being would, and we turned in the wallet. I have never found any person's lost items and kept them for myself. In fact, I have returned purses, wallets, articles of clothing, and I even returned a dog to his home once. The point is, if the saying is true, how am I the person that everyone seems to be stealing from?
To try to count the things people have stolen from me would be difficult, seeing as how the minute I turn my back people sneak like vultures to capture my belongings. I just get so angry thinking about it. I try so hard to be a good person, and for what?
After retracing my steps for two and a half long hours on Saturday night, I decided to come home and go to bed before waking up the next morning to continue the search for my beloved Nextel. If no one had picked it up, I would have definitely found it. It's a shame how greedy people are. It's also quite disheartening to wonder what the world is coming to.
A few years ago there was an article I read about a woman who had her entire Christmas bonus in a suitcase and she left in a taxi cab in New York City. Long story short, the money was returned to her. Why can't that be me? If people can't even be honest enough to turn in a cell phone, it's a sad place we live in.
I have done a lot of thinking, mostly because of the hassles and stress I've had to go through since losing it. I am part of a society that has become so reliant on technology, especially cell phones, that it's almost as if I'm naked without it. The conclusion I've come to is that what people should be most afraid of is each other.
I've lost hope in ever finding my phone. I think I've lost hope in karma, too. If you get what you give, then why do people continue to take my things when I return theirs? Apparently whoever took my phone has no dignity or self-worth and has to rely solely on other people's material things to feel powerful. That's unfortunate.
My advice is simply to do what's right. It may seem like common sense, but apparently some people have no grasp on the concept of morality.
Write to Whitney at: wlhoyt@bsu.edu
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