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At least once in our life did we experience receiving an apology or being the one to say “sorry”. I always belive that forgiving alleviates a heavy heart. I recall having experienced being wronged but forgave the person instead of planting resentment because I know that it will be for the betterment of us both. I always bear in mind to learn from the past but never let it weigh me down because, oftentimes, we get stuck in our past that we fail to see our bright future. Additionally, we must learn to have the humility to apologize when make a mistake and not repeat it again because doing so does not only strengthen our relationship with the person, it would also show our sincerity. Finally, reconciliation is a key to having a more harmonious world because it prevents war and promotes unity. Thus, whenever we did something wrong or foresee a fight breaking out we must learn to apologize because sorry could go a long way.

Maria Veighda Angela A. Inoval
Philippines

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I for one, believe that the only real way to ever find peace inside ourselves is by asking for forgiveness and accepting other people’s forgiveness towards us because no matter how much we deny it there is a certain grudge that we hold to ourselves when we are mistaken or someone has done something to us to have been offended but we allow ourselves to move forward when we accept and ask for the well deserved forgiveness, we let go of the things/strings/chains holding us back by the mistake done by other people towards us and vice versa. This session although I was unable to attend (which was a real shame really), seemed like a really good one and even just from reading the answers of my fellow people I can see and learn new things from the session.

Xyrille
Philippines

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the last session taught me a ot about forgiveness and how i have to forgive others without waiting for the other to aske me for forgiveness and sometimes i don’t have to mention everyone’s mistakes so they can realize what they have done and they will apologize

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My Greatest Mistake is Now! (But will not be tomorrow)

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My Greatest Mistake is Now! (But will not be tomorrow)

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The past two weeks is the lowest of my life. A fellow schoolmate in a school organization complained about my jokes from last year. Not knowing the jokes I said because of my current medication for my health condition, I was left confused. The evidence supported was that I ask for lewd photos and jokes sexually. When I saw the evidence, I said my apologies and explain my part. It felt so heartbreaking on my end, it was the first time I did something terrible. And I was not aware about doing it. An investigation occured at the organizational level and punish me by removing my crenditial and stripping away my position. Currently I still waiting for the decision of my principal for my formal sanction. I was so sad because of all my experience in both academic and non governmental organization, I did not do anything bad except for that time. I ask God for days, on why did he let me do it. It was just earlier in the morning that I news saying that I will be a head of department in a one of the NGO that I am affiliated with. I was shocked because God talked to me through that message saying if I have learned my mistake, I will continue to do it when I am in great places. For that reason, I learned to forgive myself and ask for forgiveness to the people whom I hurt.

I can not change the yesterday but I will change my tomorrow. I do hope that my principal, Prof. Bolanos and the SWDC will see my betterment because of them and, the university, and of couse the School of Life. I will be forever grateful because of them, I am becoming better

Ronald Gabriel Teng | Philippines

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The third session showed us the importance of forgiving others before even they ask for it, which can bring peace towards that person itself and asking forgiveness for the stuffs that u offended to them and another way show how sorry u feel is through your actions can be shown as a sign of regret 

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The third session showed us the importance of forgiving others before even they ask for it, which can bring peace towards that person itself and asking forgiveness for the stuffs that u offended to them and another way show how sorry u feel is through your actions can be shown as a sign of regret 

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Saron,JOD

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We, humans, have this common notion that reconciliation is usually just about asking for forgiveness. However, in this session, I have learned that reconciliation is a two-way process. It is also important for us to forgive other people since no one is perfect, and all of us make mistakes. As the golden rule says, “Do unto others what you want others to do unto you.” That is, if we want to be forgiven by those whom we offended, we must also forgive those who have offended or hurt us.

- Thea Reyes (Philippines)

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To reconcile with others mean to reconcile with myself and live in peace. Helping others to reconcile it is encouraging harmony and co-existence among ourselves.

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session 3 gave me a life lesson about forgiveness and I learned how to be a better person in general, to forgive others even if they didn't ask for forgiveness, you never know what happens to people in their lives, nor do we know what others are going through, it's better always to forgive before it's too late, not to mention I even learned that it's also better to admit the wrong things that I've done before anything gets worse/ people find out on their own, which is sometimes really not the best way to find out, I realized that reconciliation isn't a one-person effort only.
reconciliation's the process of developing a respectful relationship with others.

-Rahaf, Jordan

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I would like to share, that when I was younger, I was the type of person who would remember the bad things a person did to me. In our Tagalog language it's called, "nagtatanim ng sama ng loob". Although growing up, I was able to learn how to find peace within me. With this, I understand and appreciated the things around me better. I realized that not all people are the same and how unfair and cruel the world could be. Most of all, I learned to accept and to forgive. I was able to reconcile to the people especially to those who are important to me such as my family and friends. The third session made me reflect on my actions and reconciliation is indeed important if we want to achieve peace.

Sophia Clarisse Cruz
Philippines

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I always wanted to read the little prince and never had the opportunity to. Out of all the possibilities, I couldn't have imagined it being a life lesson that is fundamental to forgiveness and pure love.
Reconciliation is choosing not to leave when people have made mistakes. It is choosing to forgive them even if they don't ask for it, and ask for forgiveness whenever necessary.
It is essential that we let go of our judgments and prejudices that allow us to build a wall with others and instead, choose love and dialogue that will stabilizes relationships and create a universal brotherhood!

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The last session was very beneficial. It taught me a lot of things that i can imply in my everyday living. And i learned that reconciliation isn’t just the effort of one person.

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The last session was very beneficial. It taught me a lot of things that i can imply in my everyday living. And i learned that reconciliation isn’t just the effort of one person.

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06-JOD-Natalie Qaqish

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Mistakes are made to improve us, unite us more, and make us best–if we ask forgiveness and give forgiveness for these mistakes without measure.

The last session is a worth-sharing experience at it served as an avenue for us to explore the fruits of forgiveness and its effects not only on our spiritual needs but also even to physical means. Thus, it is very timely to the current situation of the world.

Christopher John Erasquin, PHI

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This session was amazing!
First of all, I understood The Little Prince in a new way.
Second, I used to feel that I don’t know how to restore relationships in conflicts, and that feel I make things worst. But because of the session, I learned more about how to be a better person in case of conflicts. I also tried to analyze how I used to act in these cases. I separated things into 2 categories: the helpful things I did, and the things I need to work on to evolve in these situations.

Teresa Zohrob, Lebanon.

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It was really useful and fun , I learned how to deal with situations where people offend me and how to forgive others weather they apologized or not because we don’t know what they are going through . Also I learned about admitting my mistakes and apologize .

07-JO-Sewar Saleh

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I applied what I learned in the last session to restore the peace between my two closest friends who had a falling out. There was a conflict among us three as my friend wanted to do our project a certain way, and my other friend wanted to approach it through a different method. They were butting heads, and I knew that we wouldn't be able to get anywhere if we didn't fix our friendship first, so I acted as the mediator. I talked to both of them separately, and then I encouraged them to talk to each other as I learned there was a miscommunication, which was why my friend thought they were being attacked by the other behind their back. Ultimately, I put the three of us into a group, and I cleared the air, which also got them to realize the situation, and we came up with a solution that catered to what we all wanted to do. These sessions are timely to what I'm going through, and I realized that the information I'm learning helps restore peace when there is conflict in my personal life. I'm excited to see what the other sessions have in store for us!

- Russell Benjamin (PHI)

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The session made me think about how misunderstandings can occur from small actions and words. It's such an eye-opening experience on how important communication skills are. I have truly learned a lot from the stories that were shared in the break rooms and bonded with my colleagues. From that session and on I would love to focus more on my communication skills and choose the best words I can when talking to someone.
~Lara/ Jordan

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the session was incredible useful
i learned so much about how we as humans must move forward and how to forgive and how to understand what people are going through
and understanding that it is much easier said than done but it is always possible