One of the pillars of religious or otherwise superstitious perception of the world is the way we believe we have a log of good and bad deeds kept for us by some heavenly office. We think that if we're good, we'll be rewarded, and vice versa, as if there were a reservoir for good and bad deeds, where daily or monthly balance sheets could be kept. In this same way, when things don't go our way we usually say "I'm saving up my luck for later," as though we can regularly check the universal luck counter that God (or the Universe, or whatever) is keeping track of. Thus, we think God (or the Universe, or whatever) owe us something (rewards, more luck in the future) for being good, or just for undeserved (in our understanding) suffering.
The truth is, the Universe doesn't owe us anything. It doesn't care. We can be good for our whole lives and not get a lousy penny as a reward in the end.
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