2009年5月15日 下午1點34分04秒The Art of Saying " I am Sorry "

Apologizing doesn't come easy for some of us. We sometimes choke on the words, "I'm sorry." Well, in fact, sometimes we speak the words, but we do so with such animosity, the message is lost.

I can illustrate. Being a parent of 3 children, I have had to "moderate" a good number of apologies. On many occasions, I have told one of my children, "Now you tell your brother/sister you're sorry." What then comes out of their mouth sounds more like a child who is demon possessed than a sincere apology. Teeth clenched ... jaw set ... and the words, "I'm sorry" are spoken in a forceful and almost growling tone. (If you have children, you know exactly what I'm talking about).

But now, that's just kid's stuff, right? Adults don't behave like that, now do we? Well, maybe we're not so obvious, but we still have ways of speaking those words with less than sincerity. For example, how many times have you heard people say things like ...

If I have done anything to offend you, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, but if you wouldn't have ...

If you'll apologize to me, I'll apologize to you.

Isn't it time we quit pretending to be sorry? Let us discipline ourselves to be humble enough to graciously and freely say we are sorry when we have offended others. When confronted with his sin, King David didn't make any excuses, but simply admitted his wrong by saying, "I have sinned against the Lord" (2 Samuel 12:13).

Next time you need to say you're sorry. Humble yourself and do so, and say it like you mean it.

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2009年5月13日 上午7點18分42秒Missed Opportunities!!!

The story is told of a young man who wished to marry the farmer's beautiful daughter. He went to the farmer to ask his permission. The farmer looked him over and responded, "Son, go stand out in that field and I'm going to release three bulls, one at a time. If you can catch the tail of any one of the three bulls, you can marry my daughter."

The young man stood in the pasture awaiting the first bull. The barn door opened and out ran the biggest, meanest-looking bull he had ever seen. He decided that one of the next bulls had to be a better choice than ...

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2009年4月8日 上午2點25分01秒LOVE

Love is like an antique vase. It's hard to find, hard to get, yet easy to break."

TRUST.......

" It takes years to build trust and few seconds to destroy it." ...

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Posted at Thursday,Apr 23 2009, 09:32:01 PM (www.youtube.com)Berlin - Take my breathe away (Top Gun) ♫

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