A case for do-gooding

OK, long story but worth the read.

I told the story to a friend on google chat, so I'll just copy and paste it here rather than re-writing the whole thing... Here goes...

me: you hear the crazy story about my stuff getting stolen?
friend: what stuff?
me: computer monitor and wallet/backpack contents
if you have a minute i can tell it
friend: no way.
sure
that's crazy - from your car?
house?
me: yeah from my car
so i was packing stuff to move from our apt in chandler to jana's parents' place
it was late, so i just brought the major, valuable stuff in
cats, computer, sound system and TV
the rest I left out in my honda
stupidly enough, I left our 22" computer monitor that I love out in our car
so in the morning jana wakes me up
and says, matt you left the computer monitor SITTING out in front of the accord
I say "what?"
you're crazy
I go out
sure enough, it's sitting there in front of my car
friend: omg
me: yeah
it gets weirder
so I figured I had been sleepwalking or something
brought the thing halfway in
then just left it there in the driveway
but
i go back inside
check my cell phone
i have this long, 5 page message from one of my old friends from high school's little brother
saying his buddy stole my stuff and brought it over to his house
friend: omg, no way
me: him and his older brother recognized me from my ID
and told the kid he had to return it
so he did
friend: oh wow
me: and set it out in front of my car
friend: ha
me: and here's the best part of all
my friend's little brother had recently sent me a message here on gmail
because he wants to go to medical school and heard I had been accepted
and i was bored at work
so i spent like 5 straight hours giving him advice and answering his questions
friend: very nice
me: so what does this whole incidence spell?
K-A-R-M-A
friend: totally
i'm a believer
me: in it's purest, most natural form
makes me think the whole thing is somehow magically beyond coincidence
friend: dude, good story
yeah, definitely
me: yeah
unbelievably beautiful
me: i think it's an inspirational story that promotes do-gooding and keeping contact with those even when they aren't the biggest do-gooders themselves
my old friend from high school was one of my buddies i'd cause mischief with when I was younger
and his little bro is in the same situation i think
so, who knows, the whole deal could have been my friend's little bro
or my friend
but i believe his story
and as long as i got all my stuff back
i'm happy
and i don't care to investigate further
friend: yeah, totally - even if he didn't realize it was yours and when he found your ID he thought better of it
me: i would like to meet with the perpetrator (sp?) personally and give him a heart to heart
friend: once he realized who he'd stolen from
me: saying, what if this wasn't someone you knew
they have a life just like me
and just because you felt (or one of your friends felt) that personal connection
friend: whether or not you believe in a final judgement or anything like that, still something to be said for just being good to people
me: doesn't mean that you should feel OK stealing from people you don't have personal connections with
absolutely
friend: exactly - easiest way to really know if something is good to do is to imagine what the world would be like if everyone were like you
me: golden rule
friend: if everyone stole from everyone else, what would the world be like
me: best moral guideline ever

I am still in disbelief that I was actually robbed and un-robbed all in one night while I was sleeping. It seems too good to be true. I am happy that I have all of my stuff back, and I am not worried about pressing charges.

Your thoughts???

:)