Topic: Self Help
Three little words
"I am sorry." These ordinary but very powerful words can mend a lot of injuries. Why, then, do we not use them more often? Why don't we correct our actions right away? What kind of devil prevents us from admitting to our mistakes? Why do we sometimes persist in our point of view knowing from the outset that it is wrong? Using the three little words more often will help us work out many problems before they become intractable.
A stiff apology is a second insult.
The injured party does not want to be compensated
because he has been wronged;
he wants to be healed because he has been hurt.
? G. K. Chesterton
We all make mistakes and we have to learn to live with them. But why let them fester and mutate into overwhelming barriers? Admitting a mistake and taking responsibility for it requires courage. It's worth it, though. That tiny sentence, "I am sorry," it turns out, is much admired, a powerful key to opening up locked relationships. It can even turn enemies into friends.
