Hi pezz; Regarding apologizing &c... I told someone the other day that I had never in my life ever regretted having done the right thing. On the other hand, I have often ruminated over having done something wrong, sometimes decades later.
I think you agree with me: happiness in life is simple. Just try to do the right thing, and you will feel a better. Even if it is inconvenient or embarrassing.
Earlier this year I got so mad at an employer that I quit, giving them 90 minutes notice. This was after the other electrical engineer on the project had quit, so I left them with no remaining EE talent for their big new product. That was on a Thursday. By the weekend, I realized that I had done something a little nasty, so I went back, apologized (the company had gone into shock after I quit) and wrote a contract to complete both my work and the other engineer's. Signed it Monday evening, and started work again that night.
That company (which will remain unnamed) is still run by total morons, and I expect them to be bankrupt in a couple years or so. But I would have had some difficulty living with myself if I had left them in the lurch, as I almost did.
I see the ability to admit an error before it becomes a disaster as one of the primary elements of character. I am sure that if Clinton had admitted to his little sex problem early on, (and avoided misleading under oath) he would feel a lot better about himself now, and his reputation would be better, too.
-- Carl |
