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Towards the end of the baseball game, a controversial call was given.At full speed Paul Harvey slid home(本垒)and, thinking he had just 1 a game-changing run, he stood up only to face the words, “You’re 2 ! ”
Angry, he threw off his helmet and ran over to explain to the 3 why the call was wrong.Before his 4 really got out of control, someone pulled him away, and he walked to the bench- 5 .
Long after the coaches, players, and fans had gone home, he realized the impact of his 6 .Like most of us do when we are faced with the 7 of our actions, he could have just let it go, reasoning, “Everybody 8 it.”
However, in the silence of his heart, he knew that just 9 everyone else does it, that doesn't make it all right.And so, long after his friends had gone home, he 10 that coach back up to the school-not to 11 his car.No, the boy tracked this man down so he could tell him face to face, “I'm sorry, Sir.It was all my 12 .”
It takes true courage to stand up to face the 13 we all make and say, “I was wrong.I'm sorry.” What makes this 14 unique is that it wasn't meant for the world to 15 , it was meant simply as a way to stay 16 to his own heart.
The truth is at one time or another we have all been this boy- 17 out in anger, saying hurtful things, and feeling 18 for doing so.But the real test comes later when we are 19 with the choice to say “sorry” or to walk away thinking, “Ah, they'll get over it.”
Maybe the “they” is a customer, a friend, or a child.Whoever it is, don't pass up the opportunity to get right with your own heart.The time for apology is now! Courage is a 20 of the heart.
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