Sorry. Possibly the most important but hardest word to say of all time. Trust me, from personal experience, I know this.
Saying sorry means that you are admitting your wrong which unfortunately human nature does not encourage. By this, I'm not suggesting that you're arrogant or conceit, but honestly saying the one single word is not always on the tip of everyone's tongue.
Sometimes 'sorry' can be said generically like "so-rry" which you don't actually mean but say it anyway just to keep the person happy. Or sometimes you might say sorry for small things like accidently bumping into someone or forgetting something. These types of 'sorry-s' I would categorise in the "I know I am definitely wrong and by saying sorry I'm not ruining my reputation" category. And then there's the category of "sorry for saying sorry but I just can't help it". Apparently women are known to over-apologise for everything which in it's own way can be good but also very annoying.
But think about after you've had a massive fight with a friend, brother, sister, mother, etc. and you know were in the wrong (or partly so), how do you find the courage to say sorry? It's actually a really hard word to say! For example, I once made my sister cry (don't worry, this was ages ago) and I knew that I was in the wrong but I kept persuading myself that it was her fault! Anyway in the end, even though I didn't say sorry (because I was too stubborn) she started talking to me again and everything was fine! But don't take this example as a "I don't need to apologise and everything will be fine" tip! I just have a really awesome sister!
However with everything comes practise and apparently saying 'sorry' gets easier. I'm not sure if this works as I haven't really tried it out that much but I'm sure it's true. So I encourage you to make amends with anyone you have hurt and say "sorry" because chances are they are going to feel just as bad and say "sorry" back to you!
Liv
xoxx
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