People commit all sorts of wrongs and sins, each and every day. While different people react in different ways to that which they have done which is wrong or sinful, the most proactive way to deal with such is to take stock of those wrong actions so taken or made, and to then make it one’s point to correct them, now and in the future. Of course, because each one of us has free will we don’t have to correct any of our ill-advised actions -- in absence of the law or some other authority forcing us to -- even when we know that we should; but those that will not correct that which needs to be corrected, will find, sooner or later to their dismay, that these wrongs will ultimately have to be addressed in a manner in which they are made right.
The very first step in correcting that which is wrong or sinful, is the personal recognition that they are, in fact, wrong. If, a given person, doesn’t see the wrong, perhaps because it isn’t really wrong, or perhaps because they are perceived to be nuances or extenuating circumstances involved, that is one thing; but in those situations, in which it is all very cut and dry, then that is an entirely different thing. Sure, there are going to be people, all day, every day, that are going to give all sorts of excuses and reasons, of why they are innocent of this or of that, but those that spend inordinate amounts of time professing their innocence, are often just delaying the inevitable of having to face that which rightly needs to be faced.
When we are unwilling to admit to a personal wrong, then that wrong, is not going to correct itself. This signifies that those that at a minimum, admit to their wrongs, are at least on the right pathway to correcting such, but to get to where they really need to go, this is going to take a lot more than mere admittance of such. For the very next step after admitting to a mistake, is to make good on correcting such a mistake, to the degree so possible to do so. That means, for instance, when we have done a given individual wrong, we need to address our error directly with that individual, and then do what we can to make up for what we did wrong. While making good on a wrong so done, will not ever undo what has been done, it will be the next best thing to that very thing.
None of us are ever going to be perfect, yet, each one of us has an implicit obligation to be the best person that we can actually be, and in order to accomplish that, we need to make the time for honest self-reflection as well as to fairly take into consideration the evaluations of our character so made by people that we respect and value. After all, if we don’t care to correct things that we know for a certainty are wrong, and aren’t willing to listen to those that have our best interests in mind, then the nagging dissatisfaction that we feel in our psyche is our own fault, and none other.