Advice given
At ren faire a weekend or two ago, I have some advice that I keep thinking over and how awesome it was. Was talking to a younger...17 year old boy who mentioned how he would fight and torment and tease his sister when they were younger. But they got along okay now.
I asked him if he ever apologized for what he did. He said yes he did. I asked him then did he ever think about what damage he caused her. Because he may have apologized for his actions but there are consequences and damage from those actions that I knew had not healed in the girl yet. When I mentioned the damage he did, he actually seemed to take it in and realize that what he did was not simply something bad, that one can just say sorry about but that he had done so much more then he realized.
I keep thinking on that. We say sorry for what we have done but generally not for all the damage we caused for our actions.
I asked him if he ever apologized for what he did. He said yes he did. I asked him then did he ever think about what damage he caused her. Because he may have apologized for his actions but there are consequences and damage from those actions that I knew had not healed in the girl yet. When I mentioned the damage he did, he actually seemed to take it in and realize that what he did was not simply something bad, that one can just say sorry about but that he had done so much more then he realized.
I keep thinking on that. We say sorry for what we have done but generally not for all the damage we caused for our actions.