Karma?

I don't really believe in mysticism, but when weird stuff happens to me I have to wonder. A couple of days ago, a friend of mine was in need and I loaned him a fairly large sum of money. I realized (as we all must realize when we loan any sum of money) that I can't expect to get it back- and I was okay with that. I've never aspired to money all that much. I mean I'd like to have it, but just so I can participate in philanthropy and buy stuff. I've always taken the opinion that wealth is no more than money you don't spend. Anyway, on that same day, only hours after I had loaned my friend the money, I received a call that alerted me that I had won a fairly large sum of money through gambling. This sum was about the same as the sum of money that I loaned to my friend. Coincidence?

Well... probably. I don't deny that there are probably crazy, unexplainable, or even incomprehensible things out there. I just don't affirm the existence of gods or religion when odd coincidences happen to me. Coincidences aren't really illogical. Mathematics shows us that it is highly improbable for me to both commit an act of altruism and make a large sum of money within a few hours. But just because something is improbable does not make it impossible. Only impossible things (if they happen and they don't) require supernatural causes. But still... I wonder, and Hinduism would definitely be my choice of religion if I wanted one of them to be real. I would either reincarnate as a horse, a Great Dane, or Joel Mchale.