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We all make mistakes. Howsoever intelligent we may be, or wealthy, or experienced, we all make mistakes. Sometimes we realize, other times we don’t. But we all make mistakes because we are human. Only God does not ever make any mistake.

Some of our mistakes hurt our interest. They don’t hurt anyone else. But sometimes, we do few things knowingly or unknowingly that hurt others. That is the time to apologize. Why do many of us apologize immediately, and why do many of us avoid it? Why do many of us say sorry even for an insignificant hurt, while some wait for ages to sorry after committing gigantic blunders? That is a mystery. It all depends upon our thinking, our upbringing, our humility, our sense of right and wrong, and our opinion of others feelings and so on. But do we become smaller by saying sorry? Are we confessing a blunder by saying sorry? Are we hurting our ego by saying sorry? Certainly not.

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One of the most debated topics in the world is forgiveness. Somebody has something wrong or against an individual or against the company. To forgive is to pardon the accused without any resentment on the left. If forgiveness is complete, the act of crime is totally forgotten, as if it never happened.

Speaking of forgiveness is easy, to forgive is difficult. More than once, it becomes impossible for some of us. For example, if I am a mother. A criminal away my child and then slowly kill my son in my presence, take a sadistic pleasure, how I feel? And the cries of pain my child die? Is my mind not to forget? What about the feeling of helplessness that I feel? What is it with the hope that my child looks at me and said he was convinced that the mother can do something to save him / her? What about the feeling of helplessness I felt? And memories of my child’s education? And the dreams I had? What about the suffering and torture suffered during my child die?

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