Smile

Just smile, despite of it all:

"Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin.
By fearing the LORD, people avoid evil."

Proverbs 16:6

Whose unfailing love and faithfulness atone for whose sin? God's own character covers our sin, ultimately. But perhaps this works on a human plane, too. If the overarching tenor of your family is love and faithfulness, that can cover when you blow it with your spouse, children, parents, siblings. The same goes in friendship. Let love and faithfulness be the defining features of your relationships (as you're grounded in a relationship with God—"fearing the LORD"), and the first benefit is that many sins can be avoided. Second, even when sin does get the upper hand, the relationship