There’s something liberating about being emotionally right with the people around you. When people are getting along, there is a peace and a joy that permeates a room. There is something beautiful and simple about it.
When tranquility is destroyed by a stray word, an unkind action, a forgotten responsibility, or any number of things, it is important that the peace be reclaimed.
It takes two simple words to get the ball rolling – “I’m sorry.”
These two words could save your marriage, your job, or a vital relationship. They are powerful words. When they are spoken from a genuine heart, they release the power of love and hope.
Feel the power. Say “I’m sorry.”
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I heard President Jimmy Carter speak about his struggles with forgiveness on a television program I was watching. He spoke about the theft of his notes prior to his debate with Ronald Reagan before the 1980 election. The notes eventually came to be held by political commentator and author George Will, who gave them to Reagan. Carter struggled with forgiving Will, but he decided, after purchasing and reading a Will book about baseball (purchased from a discount shelf for a dollar) to make the effort to reconcile. He sent a note to Will stating he had taken a lot from the baseball book, that they were then even, and he hoped they could be reconciled. Will responded in kind, reconciled with all but the fact that Carter had not paid full price for the book.
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