power of sorry

@tenrajj (911)
Bhutan
March 17, 2011 11:48am CST
Sorry is just a five-letter words often used by people in their day to day life. Some say sorry is not medicine but i would like to say sorry is more than medicine if expressed in good way. Sorry is also a word of sympathy and is accepted by the people are around the wold. Do you agree saying sorry when you have committed mistake and do you accept sorry from others?
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15 responses
• United States
17 Mar 11
Hi tenrajj, It is very easy for me to say sorry and admit my errors. I feel it takes no effort to truly be sorry as soon as it is necessary. Some will misuse the true meaning of the word, while others can use it appropriately. I can easily accept a sorry from a friend with the hopes that they correct their ways. I do however, am a bit distant to make sure that I do not get hurt again. But then it also depends on what had occurred at times.
@tenrajj (911)
• Bhutan
18 Mar 11
Yea i agree with you. Whether others accept it or not, it does not cost anything when we say sorry when we have done some mistakes. I atleast say sorry to those whom i have hurt knowingly or unknowkingly. In case of accepting sorry or forgiveness it all depends upon the degree of harm that others have done to you.If it is acceptable accept and forgive him or her. so go ahead.say sorry.
@DanaS2011 (351)
• United States
17 Mar 11
I think sorry can be used correctly and incorrectly. Some people say it with no intention on sincerely meaning it, some use it lightly and some use it to express apology for something they did such as hurt someone. Sometimes sorry isn't enough for me and I can't accept an apology that isn't truly genuine. And all medicine doesn't make you better.
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@tenrajj (911)
• Bhutan
18 Mar 11
Yea... when sorry is used correctly, some people feels ok when we hurts them physically or mentally by mistake but there exist some people who intentionally hurt others to say sorry because they think saying sorry is enough. But we really don't know whether they mean it or not when they say sorry to us.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
17 Mar 11
Hi. tenrajj. Many people say that they are sorry to someone. But when they say that they are sorry, genuinely and honestly, I will believe them. I do accept someone when they say that they are sorry for what they have done to me. I may still be hurt about what they have done, but I will forgive them if they are really indeed, truly sorry.
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• Philippines
18 Mar 11
I remember someone saying sorry to me once. I was driving a borrowed Chevrolet Cruze. I stopped over to for a fuel refill. When I was halfway to the main road this dimwit drove right past me without honking and my side mirror got hit pretty bad. Then he came out of the car and started apologizing for the damages but refused to pay for them because he said it was partly my fault. I pushed him hard towards his banged up SUV and explained to him calmly how it was all his fault. He paid all in the end.
@libramie (562)
• Philippines
18 Mar 11
To say sorry nowadays is a simple word and easy to express without any meant. Sometimes we can't accept it to apologized a mistake but for me its better to take the sorry than never.
@katie0 (5203)
• Japan
18 Mar 11
Sorry is very healthy to relationships. I try to always say that cause sometimes little things that we don't mean and hurt others can get in the way in a long run. Saying sorry and talking about things that hurted or missunderstandings can make a relationship eternal, both love and friendships.
@Celanith (2327)
• United States
18 Mar 11
Sorry is something that if forced to say is not sincere. If someone says because they genuinely are sorry then it is good. Sometimes people want someone to say they are sorry for something they did not do at all and are not to blame but get blamed because the other people, person did something and wants to afix blame on someone else so everyone thinks the one blamed did something they did not do. I know because recently I have been blamed by 5 family members for different things at different times for different reasons because they have had behavior that is morally wrong and I must be a mirror or something. I never censored or corrected them or said anything about it. Just prayed for them. So why do I get blamed for their problems, mistakes and faults. I have needs, and feelings too. But they do not want to hear it. So lost now six family members who want nothing to do with me for something I did not do or am not to blame but they do. The rest of my family and friends all know this. So sorry sometimes can be expected to be said for the wrong reasons.
@CarlHalling (3617)
• United Kingdom
18 Mar 11
Yes, I will say sorry if I've done wrong, and forgiveness has come my way. I always accept sorry; and never require conditions. Because when i say sorry I want to be forgiven; so if someone says sorry to me, I'm duty-bound to forgive them, no questions. That said, I do believe that saying sorry should be accompanied by some kind of change of behaviour if it's sincere. At the same time, I believe the word sorry should be automatically accepted each time it's said, no questions, no conditions.
• Philippines
18 Mar 11
I remember someone saying sorry to me once. I was driving a borrowed Chevrolet Cruze. I stopped over to for a fuel refill. When I was halfway to the main road this dimwit drove right past me without honking and my side mirror got hit pretty bad. Then he came out of the car and started apologizing for the damages but refused to pay for them because he said it was partly my fault. I pushed him hard towards his banged up SUV and explained to him calmly how it was all his fault. He paid all in the end.
@momof3kids (1894)
• Singapore
18 Mar 11
I will say sorry if I think that I am in the wrong. There are situations that makes it VERY difficult but I couldnt rest until I say sorry when I am wrong. I am am only human. I may be able to accept sorry when someone I think deserves it. There are people who has done me wrong and not say sorry outwardly. They might have implied it but I am quite a mean person and not very forgivable.
@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
18 Mar 11
I was convinced that there are two kinds of people: those who apologize for anything, anytime, anyway, and those who never ask their excuses, regardless of the severity of their actions, because of an incomprehensible pride. I've long been part of the first category. I was the uncrowned queen of Sorry!. Sorry for the most trivial things, not even kept most of my behavior vis a vis ceilalalti. I was sorry I said so often, we become aproapiatii annoying to me. And if you think well, and I would not bother me now respond to me Sorry! when they say things like: "I missed the bus .." "I ate cereal for breakfast." or "Rain.". Gradually, the advice of a good friend, I gave up that extra-empathic attitude and at the same time I realized that asking me for forgiveness in the true sense can be a very difficult thing, especially when my actions hurt loved one. I have learned over time that you apologize to is always different. The gesture itself can not be classified, none of the rules contained in the books of psychology does not make sense when we are face to face with the person that I disappointed her. Most times it is impossible to find the right words to express your regret over what you did. Most times it is impossible to find the right words to express your regret over what you did. We use the others, buy flowers, toys, jewelry and other many more, write text messages, emails, even banners, forgetting that the simplest thing one can do is say "I'm Sorry. However, you must be a "Sorry" is as honest, heartfelt, but without emphasis, without autovictimizare, no "but the " curse it that attracts uncertainty. And then the moment after uttering those three words, miracles can happen. Then, follow the rematch, because you have to fix what you broke. Whether it is a flower pot or a sarcastic reply. Gandhi said that forgiveness is the virtue of the brave. I understand the opinion, when you forgive someone is, above all, generosity. There is no certainty that the forgiveness will not fail again, so that, ultimately, whether it is evidence of courage to forgive, considering that you are at risk of being hurt again. But what about the courage to ask forgiveness? How to be a strong man to deal with the wounds it has caused another? It would be to forgive himself first? Perhaps, in certain situations, it is easier to get forgiveness than to forgive the evil inflicted on others. And yet, thinking about the last time I apologized to someone, I think I was superficial, putting more value on the fact that some people forgive because they have a good soul.
@remo86 (252)
• Egypt
17 Mar 11
Now, word "sorry" is losing the powerful,you can't consider sorry as a best apology ..For me it is simple word you can use in simple mistakes,i say it if i see myself wrong and sure i can accept it from others
17 Mar 11
i say sorry when i really am. and its not very rare for me, because i can easily determine if its really my fault or not. i'm not perfect myself. meanwhile, if others told me they are sorry, i can easily forgive them, regardless if its sincere or not. the key is, i've already forgiven them, and its their turn to make it up with me, or correct their ways. but still, i may become distant or untrusting with those people who have hurt my feelings.
@thetigers (108)
• Philippines
17 Mar 11
Accept your mistake and say sorry for you be forgiven.
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
17 Mar 11
hi friend, hi think sorry is very important, besides human to human sorry, I think there is something to it that is more divine, well I say sorry to God most of the times before I sleep or for wrong things things that I have committed, think real sincere sorry is very important and it it is most felt when we are alone with God and afterwards we approach people we have wronged , it only becomes worthy if it is sincere. Yes I accept sorry because "to err is human but to forgive is divine"