How to Restore and Maintain Healthy Relationships

This is an interesting read: Uzoamaka loved her new dress. She couldn’t wait to show it to her friend Ogochukwu. The two decided to meet up for a drink and a laugh. Ogochukwu loved the dress too. She immediately said, “That dress would be perfect for my date Night with Emeka. Can I borrow it?” Uzoamaka hesitated, but decided a friend was more valuable than an article of clothing, so she agreed. When she got the dress back, there was a wine stain and a hole at the back of the dress. Ogochukwu apologized profusely, saying, “It must have unraveled. I’m so sorry.” Uzoamaka nodded and said, “Oh, it’s okay.” But things were never the same between them. Uzoamaka felt Ogochukwu had taken advantage of her. Ogochukwu thought Uzoamka had overreacted over a simple article of clothing. Over time, the friendship unraveled like the dress. What would have happened if Ogochukwu had offered to repair or replace the dress . . . and maybe bought her a top to apologize? You see, responsibility toward others are key to restoring relationships. Broken relationships are always our responsibility. If someone has something against us, try to make it right and if we have something against another, we’re responsible to take the initiative to settle our differences with them. It’s never easy to take the first step at reconciliation. But it’s always the right thing to do. When you apologise for a wrong doing , you not only free your mind, your relationship with that person becomes richer!!!