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Originally Posted by mote.of.soul
Hi @ rdgrad15,
Not that I'm perfect by any means, but there's also the case of simply giving an apology to the person for the reason of clearing your conscience, if need be - releasing the guilt. Yes, it may trigger an ego response in the other person [hey, we all have an ego, don't we?] but at least you can say to yourself, you did the right thing. I've forced myself to apologize to people I didn't necessarily like because I realized, regardless of what their personality type is, they're still a person. I try to stick to this idea [albeit haphazardly] that everyone is equal. Do unto other's, etc, which includes apologizing.
So, did I apologize for them or for me? Well, at the end of the day, I like to think both. |
Yeah I see where you're coming from. To an extent, I can agree. Like when we see a friend about to make the same mistake they’ve made at least a couple times before and expect everything to turn out well. Yeah in that case, yeah we’ve all had those moments where we basically say, “Told you.” But at least it’s not rubbing it in consistently even long afterwards to prove how right they are all the time.