The lesson is simple: When you make a mistake, admit it and fix it. Don’t let pride, stubbornness, or possible embarrassment about your bad decision prevent you from correcting what you have done. Fix it, or the little problem becomes a big one.

The easier “being wrong” is for you (the faster you can release your viewpoint), the quicker you can adapt to changing circumstances. Adapting allows you to know and name current needs and capacity, to be in relationship in real time, as opposed to any cycle of wishing and/or resenting what others do or don’t give you.

Resentment or hurt dwells somewhere in the mind of every person. Holding a grudge punishes the person who betrayed us—or so we’d like to think. But the truth is, every relationship is an invitation to experience a more expansive life. Forgiveness frees. Brave Thinking requires us to open our heart at the very moment every instinct tells us to shut