Life teaches us so many lessons, changing yourself in a good way is really important. Improvement is always essential and play an important role in becoming a good person and a good human being. We all do mistakes, no matter how well-mannered or educated we are but the right person for me is who accept the wrong done or mistake or error at the right time and apologize for the same plus do not repeat the same thing. Well, they do repeat according to my experience but we should keep trying to improve and get rid of that attitude or behavior.
Talking about myself, I used to be an aggressive boy in my childhood, stubborn kid, never say sorry or accept the wrong done by me so easily. That was because back of my mind, I had a feeling that I can never do anything wrong. I am perfect and I am always right. In school, with cousins, in friends circle, everywhere, I had an attitude that never say sorry. It could be because I am the youngest in my family, having three elder brothers and at home, I always had to say sorry in the end for anything that went wrong or any argument between brothers. Although, later my Mother realize that I am not faulty party but still try to teach a lesson that never let down your elders, younger should always say sorry and finish the case.
That’s when I was young but when time passed and I went to high school, I observed and noticed that my parents tried to teach me that immediately accept your mistake if it is for real but never be sorry for something which you didn’t do wrong. It’s a big thing to learn, not an easy task for parents to make their kids understand the right way of apology, it is connected with saying the truth. So, I never hide or lie to my parents, they knew it and that’s the trust we should have in this relationship.
I am lucky to have such a beautiful and sharp minded family, they taught me stage wise each and everything. The correct way to differentiate between right and wrong. I am not perfect but I can try to be one. In family, we had lots of fight between brothers as it happens everywhere but in the end, a sincere apology is the best way to make things right. Although, we do repeat those silly mistakes but that’s life. Then there was an age where I thought I am a big man but in reality I only turned 20, it was the time when we used to have arguments with parents. How silly and childish arguments, I just laugh on those when I think about it. Hurting the Mother is the biggest mistake we ever do but with a sincere sorry, heart of the Mother melts.
Now, talking about some practical life, the hardest time to say sorry is at workplace. Your reputation is on the line. What people would think? How they are going to treat me after saying sorry? Well, that’s all nonsense. I had several incidents where I did mistake and promptly accepted and apologize for the same, corrected it timely. That’s the positive point. Hiding and trying to get over smart will make you fool. Conclusion, I don’t hesitate to say sorry for my valid mistake and that is in my current position which changed a lot from my past.
Working in a customer service department, I use word “apologies” so many times that it is a common word for me now. As a manager of Customer service department, I take the responsibility of the whole team. Anything done wrong by my team is my mistake. So, I often do counseling and try to teach them the right things in order to avoid me saying sorry to customers or the Boss. In the end, I would like to say that life keeps on teaching you lessons, it is up to you to take them seriously and improve yourself to be a good person.