This reminds me of another story from the Bible:
1“For the Kingdom of Heaven is like the landowner who went out early one morning to hire workers for his vineyard. 2He agreed to pay the normal daily wagea and sent them out to work.
3“At nine o’clock in the morning he was passing through the marketplace and saw some people standing around doing nothing. 4So he hired them, telling them he would pay them whatever was right at the end of the day. 5So they went to work in the vineyard. At noon and again at three o’clock he did the same thing.
6“At five o’clock that afternoon he was in town again and saw some more people standing around. He asked them, ‘Why haven’t you been working today?’
7“They replied, ‘Because no one hired us.’
“The landowner told them, ‘Then go out and join the others in my vineyard.’
8“That evening he told the foreman to call the workers in and pay them, beginning with the last workers first. 9When those hired at five o’clock were paid, each received a full day’s wage. 10When those hired first came to get their pay, they assumed they would receive more. But they, too, were paid a day’s wage. 11When they received their pay, they protested to the owner, 12‘Those people worked only one hour, and yet you’ve paid them just as much as you paid us who worked all day in the scorching heat.’
13“He answered one of them, ‘Friend, I haven’t been unfair! Didn’t you agree to work all day for the usual wage? 14Take your money and go. I wanted to pay this last worker the same as you. 15Is it against the law for me to do what I want with my money? Should you be jealous because I am kind to others?’ (Matthew 20, 1-15, NLT)
All is fair in love and war? Or is it? We demand to be treated fairly, but do we truly have the whole picture? If life has taught us anything at all, it's that life really isn't fair. If you believe in Karma, at all, then within that belief is that you are not to EVER show kindness or mercy to anyone because "they get what they deserve". What a horrible way to live. :( How can you build up "good karma" if you never do a good deed??? Just asking - I'm not actually interested.
But God has taught us something far greater than "fairness". Jesus has paid the price for every single mistake we have ever made or will ever make, WITH HIS LIFE. Why His life? Because if you accidentally kill someone, with your car, for example, then His sacrifice is still enough. God Has taught us GRACE and MERCY. All we have to do is allow Him to redeem us from the mistakes that we have made. If we're so grateful that we'd like to show our gratitude, then we choose to live for Him, share His Grace and Mercy with others.