While the night settles in and my late–night thoughts kick open the door, here I am again — thinking of the one thing that scares every human more than ghosts, heartbreaks, and even WhatsApp last-seen updates… greed.

What really happens when greed hits you?
When you know you can make money, achieve something big, or get what you want… but the path to it feels wrong? How far can you go from your own eyes just to win?

I am not naïve — I know the world has bad people, shortcuts, and tricks. Things don’t always work the way we wish. But one thing I have always believed in, deeply, stubbornly, is karma.

And not the “someone hurt me so let me hurt them back” kind.
That’s not karma — that’s ego wearing a mask.

Karma doesn’t need your help.
Karma doesn’t need your revenge.
Karma simply holds everyone accountable in its own time.

Sometimes you don’t see someone’s downfall publicly because people hide their pain behind pride, family, reputation, or fear. You never really know what someone is going through behind closed doors. So thinking “they got away with it” is never the full truth.

I am not saying lose your fire or your ambition. Dream big. Work hard. Want more for yourself.
But wanting more and becoming greedy are not the same thing.

Achieving 80% with a calm heart is better than achieving 100% by hurting people — and living with that stain forever. I’ve grown up hearing one line from elders: “Collect blessings, not curses.”

And honestly, it’s true.
You will be the villain in someone’s story someday — I am too.
But how many stories? How many times? And for what reasons? That matters.

The world says, “People are not good anymore,” but whenever I have lost direction, someone always shows up to help me. Whenever I have felt hopeless, something shifts the next morning. Whenever I think “I can’t,” somehow I manage.
There’s a power — call it God, universe, energy, anything — that holds me when I fall, guides me when I am lost, and feels my pain louder than I do.

So maybe I won’t earn 100%. Maybe I’ll just earn 80%.
But if that 80% lets me look myself in the mirror and feel peace, maybe that’s exactly my purpose.

Because greed can take you places — but it can’t keep you happy there.
And unkindness might get you the win — but it won’t let you sleep at night.

I don’t know how life works fully… but one thing I am certain about:
Greed doesn’t end in a happy ending. Kindness usually does.