How many times have you used the words ‘I’m sorry’? I venture to say 7 out of 10 times those words are spoken they carry little weight. We use those words often for various reasons and absolutely are not meant.
It is easy to say ‘I’m sorry, but we often do not mean them. We would repeat the same action over without a thought. You see when someone is truly sorry for whatever may have been said or done there is a period of sorrow involved. We hate that we made another person sad or upset by our actions and we grieve, so to speak. A time of mourning is needed for true feelings to emerge. I am not saying this period must be long, but at least a time to reflect on our actions or words that hurt another person in some way and then ask forgiveness by acknowledging our wrong.
Today, we say I’m sorry to make ourselves feel better or to avoid the feelings of regret our words made and even using the words almost as a joke. Everybody is sorry yet the action or words are repeated soon after. They hold no meaning or affect. Just words to fill in the space.
There was a time when our words meant something almost like currency if you will. Someone could take your words to the bank because as they say, ‘your word is your bond’. If you said it, you meant it. The world would be a better place if we gave thought first and the words ‘I’m sorry’ would be uttered a lot less. Let’s let our yes be yes and watch what happens.
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