caring.18 - admissions and apologies

few things are as liberating as admitting when you’re wrong, when you don’t know —

to unburden yourself of the facade, to realize the importance of this act, how healthy it is for you and your relationships —

to be able to breathe because you don’t have to maintain a lie, the pressure in your head and your chest decreasing as you free yourself of ego.

it’s an incredible feeling.

same goes for a good apology. 

but what if they think i’m weak for apologizing? what if they think it means that i think everything i’ve ever done is wrong?

what if you quit thinking for a second and just did what’s right?

no excuses, no qualifications, no filler, no pink slime — just acknowledging that you were wrong and asking for forgiveness. no artificial ingredients. simple. natural.

(s/o to juanazo for really helping me with this lesson and reminder three years ago. thank you, for real. ya tu sabes.)