The Karma We Earn: Life Lessons from The Four Agreements

Life is all about the Karma we create. Inspired by The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, I'm learning to live with intention: speak truth, avoid assumptions, take nothing personally and give my best. Each step brings a new lesson and a little more peace.

Somya Bajaj

6/9/20241 min read

If there’s one thing I’m learning, it’s this: you can’t run from karma. Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements lays it out simply—Be Impeccable with Your Word, Don’t Take Anything Personally, Don’t Make Assumptions, and Always Do Your Best. 🌱 Four simple agreements that keep our karmic accounts in check. But not everyone got the memo…

When people casually break promises 💔, make reckless assumptions 🤷‍♂️, and walk through life with blinders on 🚶‍♂️, they’re racking up some serious karmic debt. It might feel like they’re getting away with it—maybe even coming out on top—but life has an interesting way of balancing the scales ⚖️. You can only dance around truth and integrity for so long before it catches up.

It’s almost poetic, really. Every careless word and every broken promise gets filed away in life’s invisible ledger 📒. You can dodge responsibility in the moment, but you can’t outrun the universe.

So here’s to those of us investing in positive karma 🙌—the ones who choose honesty, empathy, and respect. We’re here for the long game, because in the end, the legacy we build is the life we live. And that’s one investment where we all want a good return. I know I do. 💫✨