It was a bright Saturday morning with the sun so warm and bright and in Bella's head, she's like ,"its gonna be an awesome day😀". She is preparing for a family function and its her responsibility to fry the chicken. While frying it, she heard her baby girl crying so loud in the living room and she rushed over to check if she's okay. Next thing she knows, the fire alarm goes off and there's alot of smoke from the kitchen. Her next words just like yours would probably be "oh, shit!!" And her day doesn't look as bright and awesome again😩.
Granted, it wasn't totally her fault and it was unintentional but if we are in that kind of situation, how do we deal with it especially when we are questioned at the function by a family member. Do we say something like "yea, its a burnt chicken, so wat??, if u dont like it, go buy your own chicken " or "i blame him or her for making me fry the chicken, why didn't he tell someone else to do it" or "i didn't burn it, someone else did it", thereby, minimizing our mistakes, shifting the blame or outrightly denying we made a mistake.
The consequences of such is that the problem remains unsolved(no chicken at the party😥 ) or someone else is innocently blamed.
So instead of spending much time and energy apportioning blame or justifying our mistakes, why not just simply apologize 🙏 and put things right.
Don't feel ashamed to own up to your mistakes, no matter how bad it is. Remember that everyone makes mistakes. What works for me is LCM- Learn from the mistake, Correct it and Move on. This makes you a more happier person and it'll help improve your relationship with people.
And what if you find yourself at the receiving end of the mistake, meaning, someone's mistake affected you, how should you react?
Undoubtedly, its not pleasant but treat the person how you would want to be treated when you make mistakes. Don't harshly scold, angrily insult or abuse.. Don't call names and say things like "you're good for nothing" or "you cant do anything right" or "you're such a useless person ". Instead sympathize with the person, be understanding, show kindness and mildly correct the person.
Then everyone would live happily ever after!!! 😁👫👭👪👬👫👭👪👫👫👯
