Apology

It’s never foolish to acknowledge you are in the wrong.Being human,we all need the art of apology.Look back and think how often you’ve judged roughly,said unkind things,pushed yourself ahead at the cost of a friend.Some deep thought lets us know that when even a small mistake has been made,your feeling will stay out of balance until the mistake is acknowledged and your regret is expressed.  I remember a doctor friend telling me about a man who came to him with various illnesses:headache,insomnia,stomachaches and so on.No physical cause could found.Finally the doctor said to the man,“unless you tell me what’s on your conscience,I can’t help you.”  After a short silence,the man told the doctor that he seized all the money that his father gave to his brother,who was abroad.His father was dead,so only he himself knew the matter.The doctor made the man write to his brother making an apology and enclosing a check.In the post office,the man dropped the letter into the mailbox.As the letter disappeared, the man burst into tears.“Thank you,doctor,” he said,“I think I’m all right now.”And he was.