Earned, Not Owed: Reclaiming Worth, Reciprocity, and the Reflection of Karma In our modern world, so much of our language around worth, value, and outcomes is rooted in ideas of deserving. We say we “deserve love,” “deserve happiness,” “deserve karma.” But what do we really mean by that? The word deserve is often tangled with unspoken expectations, conditioned beliefs, and unconscious entitlements. But when we untangle the meaning, we begin to see that deserving without earning can create energetic distortions — both internally and in our relationships. And when we deepen this inquiry into the realm of karma, we uncover…