Today is Yom Kipper in which Jews are encouraged to make amends and ask for forgiveness for sins committed in the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The closest equivalent I have in my life is the act of confession. Where we ask God, not the person we wronged for forgiveness. Although that could be part of one\u2019s penance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asking for forgiveness and giving forgiveness for hurts done is sort of not talk about much except in certain situations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is hard to admit we were wrong. Even if we know we were in the wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It can be even harder when we think we are right then we are proven wrong in our beliefs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A sincere apology feels amazing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
An insincere apology just hurts more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of the steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous is to make amends to those one has wronged. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
It does not mean that the wronged have to accept the apology. Not everything can be forgiven.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When I apologize, I am sincere. If I screw up, I will cop to it. It is something that I have done most of my life. Because of that, people believe me when I say this one is not on me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I try to be an honest person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
What you see on the Internet is how I am in real life. I have not tried to create a persona for online that is different from how I am off-line. I don\u2019t see the point. I really don\u2019t have another me I want to try on or want to experiment with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I have people comment on that when they meet me in person that I am just like I am online. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I try to live a good and honest life. It makes me feel comfortable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But we all trip up from time to time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If I have harmed or upset you, I do apologize sincerely. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I plan to spend part of the day reflecting on the past year and what I could have done better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am grateful for forgiveness.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Today is Yom Kipper in which Jews are encouraged to make amends and ask for forgiveness for sins committed in the last year. The closest equivalent I have in my life is the act of confession. Where we ask God, not the person we wronged for forgiveness. Although that could be part of one\u2019s penance. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t