Day 107: Acknowledge Your Sin and Accept Responsibility
The Blame Game: it has a nice ring to it but it wrecks your credibility. If you continuously blame your errors on other people or circumstances, you never accept responsibility or own up to what you've done. This is called hakarat hachet, recognizing your sin (unlike Adam when he blamed Eve and Eve when she blamed the snake).
The exercise suggested for today was to "sit down alone and see if you can think of two things you have done in your lief, or are now doing, that you know are unfair and wrong. Even if you are not yet ready to undo the wrongs you have committed (if, indeed, it is possible to undo them fully), at least recognize your guilt [...]." Now, I've been thinking about mine but they aren't things I'm comfortable sharing. I strongly encourage others to try this, it's very revealing.
Day 108: Ask for Forgiveness Even When You're Not Fully in the Wrong
Oh! I've totally got a story to share! Earlier this year, I made some mistakes with a friend, but of course he made them too and between the both of us, we had a horrible friendship. We stopped talking for a couple months and then the guilt began to eat at me. I knew he was in the wrong too but I at least had to clear my own conscience, so I apologized to him. He forgave me though he did not acknowledge any fault of his own. Now, we are able to be in the same room at the same time without throwing fits or feeling awkward.
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