How To Ask For Forgiveness

Asking for forgiveness may seem an awfully difficult thing to do. You need to first conquer your pride and let go off your ego, if you genuinely want to apologize to someone. Apologies have to be heart-felt or they loose their meaning. One needs to bear in mind that regret is expressed without expecting forgiveness in return. However, with a genuine apology, there is always a chance that you might be forgiven. It requires some honest soul-searching and an acceptance of wrong doing towards others. If you want to explore some more tips on how to ask for forgiveness, read the article and learn to apologize.

 

Knowing why you want to ask for forgiveness is more important than just doing it, say for the sake of mending broken relationships. Think about the incident and try to figure out the reason behind your apology. It is very necessary to make your apology sound genuine. If you are apologizing without realizing your mistake, it will make the regret look insincere and might even convey an impression of dishonesty.

 

Writing down your apology will make you feel better and organize you thoughts as well. It will be good if you also mention the mistake that you committed, instead of just penning your apology. It will especially help, if you are feeling nervous about saying sorry. Read the written apology and make it better, if required. You can even send the written apology if you don’t dare to face the person. However, meeting in person to convey something as personal as an apology is always a better and a more feasible idea.

 

Though it might sound a little far-fetched, it is a great idea to practice your apology, in order to get comfortable with the whole idea. Practicing will prevent you from going wrong while apologizing. Sorry is not a very natural thing to say for many of us and therefore, needs special practice, if you don’t want to falter and spoil the effort.

 

While asking for forgiveness, it is important to realize that fixing or passing the blame can ruin the whole endeavor and get you back to the point from where you started. Avoid an exaggeration of the emotions behind apology if you want to come across as sincere. A lot of people overstate their feelings and look absolutely out of control while apologizing. Histrionics need to thrown out of the window, when you confess regret.

 

If you have an excuse ready for your behavior for which you are now remorseful, then perhaps, you are not feeling sorry at all. Don’t give excuses or act like a victim of circumstances. Excuses are offered when you believe that you never committed the mistake and this contradicts the whole feeling of repentance. The person from whom you are asking for forgiveness may think that you don’t repent what you did and thus, are making excuses for your actions.