Successfully winding up difficult conversations restores
relationships. Restoration is a gift refilling
each party with renewal. Accomplishing Restoration
means seasoning your words with salt and love rather than blame and
indignation. However, it does call for positive
involvement from all involved.
Restoration requires you to accept responsibility for your
own actions or inactions in any given situation. It means knowing you were a jerk and not
excusing your behavior away. It means
accepting you could've done things better or differently and taking the proper
steps towards correction. It also means
letting others make necessary amends without making it more unseemly for them
to do so. It means hearing someone out
or saying, “thank you” to an apology.
If you’re blaming someone else for any given situation,
restoration cannot happen. Finding a
scapegoat or reasoning away failure frustrates Restoration. Your response, not reaction, leads towards
healthy growing relationships. In short:
Responsibility = Restoration; Blame = Frustration.
Series Highlights
- Press Pause
- Choosing the Right Time to Talk
- How to Connect So Your Message Is Received
- Listening Well Helps your Get Your Message Across
- Hiding Behind Your Computer
- Doormat or Helpmate?
- Responsibility Equals Restoration
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