The magic words.... Sorry.

The new week is here again, it is a huge grace to be among the living and I want everyone to always appreciate that gift of life. There is a Yoruba adage that says, "when a child appreciates yesterday's gift, such a child will receive another gift". When you are the appreciative type, you should definitely expect bigger blessings or would stop giving a child a gift because he or she appreciates it a lot?.

It is important that we cultivate the habit of thanking more than asking from God, he knows what we need, and thanking him more might even trigger him to do things we aren't even expecting.

This article makes me laugh, I didn't have anything in my for today. I have been struggling to come up with even a post on noise cash since yesterday but I feel somehow kind of different today, the new week comes with new energy I guess.

On my way home from the farm, I went through a school and I heard the kids' voices singing the five magic words poem. It reminded me of being a teacher, those days were hectic but I enjoyed it because I was engaging with kids.

These magic words are important because it has to do with our relationship with people, you do be asking what adults have to do with a child's poem?

Have you imagined why most children's life always looks perfect and simple? They are taught to say please when they require something, thank you when given something, and sorry when they are wrong.

The magic words make them very humble and it surprises me to see adults not applying the lessons they teach their kids, is that they are bigger or have outgrown using those magic words.

Today's magic word is SORRY.

The word "sorry" is not everyone's word, it is surprising to see people feeling too big to say sorry. I don't know if using the word pride is appropriate because that is what I see with people who refuse to say sorry even when they are wrong, this simple word has ruined lots of relationships (not necessarily love affairs).

During my supervisor days, I was embarrassed by my Indian boss in a general meeting, he calculated my team's daily average sales wrongly. I knew he was wrong so I didn't say anything, I went to meet him after the meeting, and instead of apologizing, he said my team growth has dropped and blamed me for other things, I left his office instead of making him see the right thing.

Another meeting came up which involved his superiors, he made another mistake because he used 30 days to calculate February average sales which had 28 days then. I didn't hesitate to call his attention to it, they looked into it and that simple mistake has affected lots of sales documentation on the spreadsheet.

One of his superiors was pissed, my boss immediately went close to them to apologize. I was surprised that he could apologize to them and why not me then? I could have just overlooked it and called his attention to it later like the other time.

Apologizing for committing a blunder doesn't take away anything from you, it even earns you respect because it takes matured minds to do so. Feeling too big to say sorry has ruined relationships, it wouldn't cost you anything to say sorry and save your relationship.

It seems to be the easiest word for me to use always because I use it even when I am not at fault, I just say it to let peace reign and it works a lot.

Does saying sorry have to be genuine always?

In relationships, I think sorry has to be genuine. In some situations, no one cares if it is genuine or not, they just to hear you admit that you are wrong and apologize but it is different in a relationship.

You must be genuine when saying sorry in a relationship because it has a different meaning in there, it means I admit I am wrong and it won't happen again.

Saying sorry for one blunder every time can ruin a relationship, it can take away love, trust, commitment and might as well end the relationship. It is impossible not to make mistakes but some can be avoided and when it happens and we apologize, it must be genuine.

Life isn't as tough as we think, lots of issues can be prevented if we drop our pride and apologize. Apologizing to people doesn't have anything to do with age, class, and even status, you shouldn't hesitate to do so regardless of how small that person might be to you, people you think are small can cause you big troubles.

Trust me when I say it won't cost anything, it is free and you wouldn't hesitate to do that when you have signed up for peace in life.

The article continues tomorrow, stay tuned in, and have a beautiful week.

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