With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again(Matthew 7:2).
If the average man understood for a moment the meaning of these words, they would turn his everyday conduct inside out, and so change him that, in a comparatively short space of time, his closest friends would hardly know him.
The plain fact is that it is the law of life that, as we think, and speak, and, act toward others, so will others think, and speak, and act toward us. Everything that we do to others will sooner or later be done to us by someone, somewhere. Perhaps by someone who knows nothing of our previous action, but for every unkind word that we speak to or about another person, an unkind word will be spoken to or about us. For every time that we cheat, we will be cheated. Every time we neglect a duty, or evade a responsibility, or misuse authority over other people, we are doing something for which we will inevitably have to pay by suffering a like injury our self.
However, it is a poor law that does not work both ways, and so it is equally true that for every good deed that you do, for every kind word that you speak, you will in the same way, at some time or other, get back an equivalent.
The Golden Rule in Christianity and all major faiths is: Think about others as you would wish them to think about you. In the light of the knowledge that we now possess, the observance of this rule becomes a very solemn duty, but, more than that indeed, it is a debt of honor.
The good news is, we determine how we will experience our lives! The bad news is, we determine how we will experience our lives. Whew!
This writer disagrees with only one conclusion of the writer above. We receive back many multiples of that which we give. Although they are alike in kind, every act ripples out and creates many more effects than the original act. The Bible refers often to a seed bearing fruit and with it, many more seeds. There are, in fact exponential returns from, and effects of our acts.
So, brothers and sisters, plant good seeds in each garden and enjoy bountiful harvests of good fruit in a healthy Eden. Or not, and live within a barren garden or worse, one that bears bad fruit that ultimately overwhelms the gardener and the garden. See you in the Eden we were meant to inhabit.
Planting good,
Z gardener
Good Morning Garden 
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