Accepting the apology signals the acknowledgment of a need to move forward, but not necessarily together.

An effective apology focuses more on compassion for the victim than redemption for the offender.

Apology sends the clearest signal that we have the strength of character to reconcile ourselves with the truth.

You don't have to see eye-to-eye to walk hand-in-hand. You just have to want to go in the same direction.

No apology is equal to the task set before it.

Apology is both transactional, in that it restores what has been broken to what it was before, and transformational, in that it creates opportunities that didn't exist before.

Apology may start as a feeling, a desire to make matters right, but it requires a commitment to move that desire into practice, to actually take on the great courageous task of showing compassion to others.