SORRY - 5 letters. 2 syllables. ONE WORD people often find difficult to say, to verbalize, to express.
Most of the time we do things we do without the slightest intention of hurting someone. We say things we believe others will either laugh about or think about, nonetheless. Unfortunately, different people have varying standards. What's good and within the norm of social conduct of one is not necessarily the same for another.
Whether it was intentional on your part or not, whether your means are not meant to be offensive in any way, if there is decency in your heart, you acknowledge the pain. Repair the damage and let the healing begin. Whether it involves a physical pain or an emotional injury, a co-human being deserves an apology.
Saying SORRY doesn't make you GUILTY OF THE VERY CRIME. It can be taken from a multiple-level of interpretation, the base of which is being the simplest truth that you acknowledge the end result. Someone feels wronged. Saying sorry is dealing with the situation at hand. Someone is hurt so let's at least dust her off and help her recover balance. Saying sorry is an exhibition of remarkable HUMILITY, that you admit that you yourself are just as imperfect as the others are.
It doesn't make you less of a macho person if you apologize. IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU MORE OF A PERFECT PERSON IF YOU DON'T FIND YOURSELF SAYING IT EITHER.
SILENCE isn't being apologetic about any situation. Silence only prolongs the torture, widens the gap. Silence never hushes the issues. SILENCE only covers up the issues. The issues will resurface again in the next opportunity and that will take you back to square one. No amount of flowers or chocolates will equate to the power of this very word, "SORRY." No amount of sugar-coated-pink-cotton-candy talk will make you generally an "afternoon delight" to someone who's been hurt. No other word or act will QUALIFY as an apology.
It's just one word but no matter how excessive the bleeding, how big the DEBT, how huge the gap caused, or how hard the blow was, SORRY does the seemingly impossible.
