Wednesday, September 22, 2010

What Makes It Difficult To Apologize To Someone

By Kelly Welch

It is often hard for us to apologize to somebody. This is certainly true when strong emotions are involved

We are looking for that someone who is dependable and assure us of their presence whenever we need them. That is why people get into relationships in the first place. Out of such a person, we expect them to be faithful, cultivate our best interest and support us in all our needs.

Humans as we are though, we aren't always able to be faithful to these responsibilities and such errors can often only be set right by apologizing and that you often need to do it even if it wasn't your intention. Read through the whole article and check out the things to consider when making an apology and just how important is it in setting things right.

When people are not completely convinced that they are in the wrong or when they believe that none of it was their intention, they typically feel reluctant to even go out and apologize.

It could also be that both parties have committed their share of mistakes and both are waiting for the other party to initiate an apology. This stand-off is typically the case in such situation.

Most people associate apologizing to humbling themselves which is again not something that's easy to do. We may feel that doing it makes us less as who we are but this isn't true at all because an apology must be geared towards your mistakes and nothing else.

An apology should be addressed to the things that you've done that caused her or him pain. Reflect on the source of it all and apologize for your part in it.

Be clear about what you did: Once you apologize to someone, you need to acknowledge what you did wrong and the fact that you know why it was a mistake on your part. This is typically everything that a person requires in order to forgive someone.

The person you are apologizing to wants you to first of all acknowledge his or her feelings and that they felt wronged about it. They would also want you to commit of not ever letting it occur again. There are times when you may feel that you haven't actually done anything wrong but you also need to consider their pains because of it and compromise.

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