On Forgetting and Owning Up

I forgot I had work this morning.

I usually work every Saturday from 9-12pm. Today, I woke up with a text from my boss, asking if I was already on my way.

I totally forgot. I looked at my previous text conversations with her, and remembered that I confirmed that I would come in this morning. 

I've got a number of reasons as to what made me forget. A number of reasons I could give my boss 
-been researching for school, spent my Monday getting the car fixed, had a tiring Friday, this week's been a lot busier, etc. etc. But at the root of it all, was that I simply forgot I had work today.

And that was it, and that was all I told her as I apologized. 

My dad and I were talking about how sometimes, we just really fall short in our responsibilities, and all we're simply left to do is apologize, and move forward. 

I'm not here to say that I get brownie points for quickly admitting my mistake today, and all that jazz. If anything, I really could have been more mindful of my schedule. But I just want to say (and I am telling this to myself as well), that sometimes, or perhaps most of the time, we just really have to own up to our mistakes.
  

source: cartoonstock

My dad reminded me of this example. Let's look back at a conversation between God and Adam and Eve in Genesis 3:11-13, after they had eaten from the fruit that God told them not to:

 He (God) said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.”  Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”

Eh kasi siya God eh, eh kasi sila... 

Sure, they still sinned, and the consequence would have most probably been the same, whether or not Adam and Eve immediately owned up to their own mistake. But the way they responded just added more "shame" to the wrong that they've committed.
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source: After Eden

How do we usually respond when we fall short on something, or when we are confronted with a mistake?

So how 'bout it. Let's apologize, own up, and strive to do a better job next time. Cheers.