The Value of an Apology

APOLOGY

I was down with a terrible attack of Gastro entrites.

My G.P. had been treating me, but the diarrohes continued.

It was a Sunday, and the G.P. is not available on Sundays.

In a panic stricken state, I called Dr.Chichgar, who I know personally, since he is my friend Dilnar's husband.

He went out of his way, came over , and gave me an injection.

I was to have 2 more ,on Monday and Tuesday to complete the course.

On the advice of my G.P. I did not contiue the course.

When The good Dr called to find out how I was doing, I told him that I had not taken the injection...



Naturally he was livid!!



I sent him an sms apologizing about my irresponsible behaviour..to which he graciously replied "No problem"



Today is Sunday again, and I was back to sqaure one, the diarrohea had returned with a vengance...



With great trepidition I called Dr Chichgar..

He was very nice on the phone, and came and gave me an injection, even bringing the medicine, needle and syringe.



Also he did not charge me, either for the visit, or medicine.



Which made me think...

1) What a nice person the Dr is..

2) The value of an Apology..

Mine was a sincere apology, sent immediately after a wrong action commited on my part.

It was accepted and the transaction completed.



What if one were to apply the same principle to people whom we live with ,and interact with, on a daily basis.

That is ,to apologize as soon as one is made aware of a mistake commited by oneself..irrespective of whether the apology is due to ones spouse, children, servant, whoever...



Instead ,we get lost in our Ego..



How could the person have spoken so badly or said such things..and the past looms up like a mountain before us, made up of previous hurts and insults...and we hide behind it, and refuse to apologise!





Why dont we take each transaction/interaction for what it is, and react from that situation?

Why do we let "The Ego"come in the way?



A HEARTFELT APOLOGY can take away so much pain..

I think one of the greatest lessons we can pass on to our children is

"Saying Sorry from the Heart!"