This is the question that has plagued me today!
I have hurt a fellow Steemian, and honestly, I am trying to figure out how to right this wrong. We operate on a digital platform, but we interact with human beings. Although Steemit views our words as a long list of 1's and 0's, our readers can receive both life and death from what we say (or don't say). As a result, we must be careful to speak wisely. We must be careful to value those who are apart of this community with us.
Most of us will never meet the people who read our posts. Most of us will never have a face-to-face conversation. On Steemit we do not have the benefit of communicating with body language or voice inflections. We do not have the benefit of immediately asking clarifying questions. We may not have a second chance to make a first impression.
We must be careful about we include or do not include in our posts.
To those of you I have wronged
I hope that I have asked for forgiveness for mistreating you or misrepresenting you. I must admit that typing an apology seems too cold and somewhat insincere, but I hope that in some way I can communicate what is happening in my heart.
Although I never want to hurt anyone (even unintentionally) and while I try my best to not repeat my mistakes, unfortunately, I can not promise that I will not fail again. My nature is broken, but I will do my best to put the broken pieces back together again.
My promise is
- to pursue reconciliation
- to make amends
- to ask for forgiveness.
Thanks for listening to me ramble. It is time to go to bed!
that is a proverb, your mouth is your tiger, mouth is like a sword and a lot of thinking before issuing an opinion. very wise your opinion @sumateranete
@baroen96, I agree that our mouth is a powerful tool that we must use carefully. I really like the idea of comparing our mouth/words to a tiger or sword. Thanks for stopping by!
We are human; which means we make mistakes. We can ask for forgiveness but ultimately it is up to the person who we may have hurt or offended.
I wish you peace with this situation and hope it works itself out for everyone's soul that's involved.
Thanks @goldendawne! I appreciate your encouragement, and I too hope for peace in all situations on Steemit where wrong has been done.
Unfortunately, I know that this will not be the last time I will need to ask for forgiveness. As you said, we are human and that means we will make mistakes. Thanks for adding to the conversation.
It's great, that you're so sensitive to your behavior on Steemit.
Me more to see the view, that my posts will be read by few people. Maybe it's because I always fully read a post before you vote or write a comment and I think others do as well
@naditinkoff, even though not many people will read our posts, we still can make an impact on the people who do read our work. I like what you said about fully read a post before writing a comment.
That is great advice!
It seems to me that you have a very kind heart.
Thanks for the kind words. I desire to show kindness, but I fail so much.