Hello everyone! I hope you are doing very fine today.
Welcome to Inleo Initiative 5 for the hive reachout community.
The power of apologies and forgiveness is a transformative force that heals emotional wounds, repairs relationships, and makes the parties involved move on to be better people for themselves. Apologies and forgiveness are interconnected because they work hand in hand for emotional healing.
Sometimes, if you don't apologize, the other party may not see the need to forgive.
How to Apologize
There are things that need to happen if there should be an apology, and those things are:
Acknowledge the Wrong and Take Responsibility: People should see the need to acknowledge that they are wrong when they are wrong. Don't make it look as if they need to beg you for sorry to be heard from you. There are those who feel they are always right at all times, and these make them so toxic and cannot acknowledge their wrong.
Try to consider other people's perspectives so that you would be able to feel their pains, as this would help you take responsibility when there is a problem.
Let it not just be you at all times; be accommodating.
Empathy: Show that you care about the other person's feelings; don't make it look as if you don't care.
Maybe if the same hurt was done to you, it would have not really hurt you, but you need to understand that people are from different backgrounds and think differently, so you need to be careful of how you relate to them, and if you hurt them, you need to apologize to them.
Show Regret: Show that you regret your actions. I feel that apology is tendered when you know that you are sorry and that you will not do that particular thing again.
There are people that are always very sorry in their hearts, but they can't show it, but you need to learn how to show remorse so that the other person can see the need to forgive you and move on too.
You can be saying sorry to the person, you can buy gifts, and you can even try to help the person out in whatever he or she wants to do. Make sure you let the person know that you are really sorry for what you did.
How to Forgive
You need to forgive to move on and be a better person too. Here are some steps to take:
Release the Anger: Make sure that you stop being angry with people, as this will help forgive. There are people that act based on how much they know, so you need to understand this part and live with them based on how they know and maybe try to improve them.
Get Busy: If you are hurt, for you to forgive, you need to get busy and do other things like seeking to achieve a goal, fulfilling your purpose, and making sure you help people too.
Relate with people that are advanced in knowledge because these would distract you from thinking too much.
Don't let what happens weigh you down, and don't make it look as if that is the end of your life.
The Power of Apologies and Forgiveness
If people inculcate the habits of apology and forgiveness, relationships are always restored and strengthened, and the parties involved would come together again and be happy.
Personal growth is ensured when people apologize and forgive, and they will also be self-aware.
For peaceful coexistence, we need to learn these two and be better.
Thank you for reading this
I invite
@jazclassic and @tenderdaniel
To join this initiative
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Forgiveness and apology are very powerful, they can turn away wrath that is able to wipe an entire generation within some minutes. But then, it's not just done there is a proper way to go about it. Some people don't really know how to apologize, I have met a number of them, if not for love sake, I wouldn't have pardon some of them to date.
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Showing empathy to our fellow beings is a good way of promoting peaceful coexistence. Atleast it helps us take actions considering how others will feel...
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