Story 34 from 'A Lifetime Doing Nothing' by Ian McCrorie
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Nature doesn't lie. It acts according to natural laws. And human nature, too, doesn't lie. It plays out as a series of causes and effects. If the inputs are negative, stifling, abusive, or spiteful, the immediate effects may be unpleasant. Even if there is no evidence of any negative aftermath, in time, inauspicious acts invariably lead to a myriad of unintended and unforeseen negative circumstances. Rare is it to find a criminal who doesn’t feel remorse about his deeds and who is not also suffering ten-fold due to substance abuse, turning as he would to...
narrated by Ian McCrorie
2022
4 minutes 37 seconds
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