Atonement
What you have done is bad. Maybe, very bad. You can’t undo what is done. You may atone for your sins. An apology is a start, not always an end. Can something be done to lower the chance of such a thing happening again? Good deeds in the future may give you a sense that you counterbalanced the bad things you did. In truth, nothing can right certain wrongs. Nothing helps. Nothing helps enough to compensate for the damage caused. The universe is uncaring. Things move. Things change, nothing more.
Karma is not a mythical force, nor some energy that punishes the bad. Karma is when unkind habits rub up against someone that lashes out rather than lets it go. You punch five people, and they all walk away bruised and crushed. The sixth person is stunned and shaken but retaliates with vigour smashing you hard on the hard floor. The five knew this would happen, they spoke of it as proof of karma to come. Karma catches up with the confident. Those that do bad things, do bad things more than once. The bad behaviour becomes a bad aura surrounding the bad person attracting the forces of karma.
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