Not Until He Was Appeased
When someone in his home hurt another person, the Chacham Bashi would not rest until the injury was healed.
His son tells of the way Rav Chaim Palagi ran his household. The Rav, though weighed down with the affairs of the whole city of Izmir, was never short with his family. Nothing at home ever angered him. Always he looked for ways to make peace, and the noise of children never annoyed him.
Each morning he called the children to him and had them say the morning berachos aloud, and day after day he patiently taught them Torah as the mitzvah requires. He instilled yiras Shamayim in them, together with a firm rule never to ridicule anyone.
One day a person in his home wronged someone outside it. It might have seemed a small matter, one that would pass by itself, and a man with his duties could be forgiven for letting it go. Rav Chaim did not. He would not rest until the person had been appeased, and he took it upon himself to set the matter right.
More than once, the family remembered, he went further still. Where words alone could not heal the wound, he gave money to the one who had been hurt, so that the person would leave with his dignity restored.
The Chacham Bashi had the power to judge a whole city. Yet in the eyes of those who knew him, his greatest authority was the way he behaved toward the person standing closest to him.
Source: The account of his son Rav Avrohom Palagi, as cited in Tiferes Refael
Think of one person who was hurt, even by accident, by you or by someone in your family. Do not wait for the memory to fade. Today, make contact, say plainly that you are sorry, and ask what would help. If an apology alone does not settle it, offer something real, such as your time, a small gift or a meal. Teach those in your home by example that dignity matters more than being right, and that peace is worth the effort.