And yet another bit from the book, The Lost Book of Bonn. This time on repentance and forgiveness. Two characters are talking when one brings up Maimonides's four steps. I used to tell people only two, which is one better than most people think of.
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| The Lost Book of Bonn |
Saying you're sorry isn't enough. Oh, it's good to regret what one has done, but the far harder part is vowing to not do it again. That's where, too often, people fail. And I don't mean they fail because they make the same mistake again. That's human nature. It often takes a few/many failures to get something right.
When someone says they're sorry too quickly with no thought of being better, that's when I get edgy. A person needs to truly regret what they've done and then work to not repeat their action again. In today's world people have somehow learned a quick sorry will get them out of trouble. It shouldn't.
Being sorry and then vowing to work at being better: my watered down version of the far more sophisticated four step plan.
Repentance and Forgiveness
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