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When a “Sorry” loses power

Is it too late to say sorry?

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When a “Sorry” loses power
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Perhaps sometimes it is, specially when words can be more hurtful than any action. Though that's literally impossible, we are all aware of how possible it is within our minds.

While growing up, we learn from our parents, grandparents or teachers the importance of the meaning behind a sorry, and even when we can't seem to know how something happened, it happened, and all we have left is a sorry because we know that it can be the start to a solution for a problem.

Remember when you didn't want to share the toy you found in the toy box in your pre-k classroom? Well I can promise you that at some point, you were asked to say sorry and eventually share your toy with you classmate. Am I wrong?

And then we learn from our personal and unforgettable experiences that sometimes forgiving someone makes you a better and greater person.

But we live in a world today, in which certain words get misused or said too many times that the meaning of it decreases each and every time you hear it come out of the same person over and over. So I ask, is it really worth it to say sorry when you’ve already lost someone?

Perhaps not…

We’ve all been there and so we know how difficult that situation can be. At that moment, we either find ourselves trying to forget about our pride and just say that one word or in the tougher situation that it is to find it within you to forgive that person.

And then… there is that other percentage of people who have already given on on you and are already ready to walk away.

I’ve been that person a few times, and maybe because i have been the one in the toughest situation that I can find it in me to say that a sorry may not be worth it-- because it means that the person has ran out of will and is no longer there for you or your friendship.

That would be the time to walk away because you might have already lost her and the power within your sorry...


And like someone once said, "one of the saddest parts of life is whether to walk away or try harder."

Choose Wisely...

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