Questions

Some people say "you get what you give." Does this ever apply to real life? Sometimes I think it does, but it's impossible to actually measure. Some people give their whole lives and never seem to get anything in return. A lot of people who do this seem to believe in a religious kind of afterlife, so maybe they've set themselves up such that they will receive reward in this afterlife. This presents a problem though: what if there is no afterlife? I guess it doesn't matter -- when this question comes up in a meaningful way, the person is, of course, dead.

I forgot the second question.