I don't really make New Year resolutions. However, this year I made a goal for my year. Me being me, and society being what it is, we say sorry all the time. It comes out so casually and about things we don't need to be sorry about. When someone walks by you or in front of you, we all tend to say sorry. It's almost as if you are apologizing for being on planet earth. That is so silly. We all have the same right to be here and in the same store shopping, trying to buy the same things. I am the worst offender I know that does this. I had an aha moment. If we say I'm sorry for all the little things that don't need an apology, how sincere is an apology when it's really warranted and needed? One of those things that make me go hmmmm.
So, my plan for the year has been to stop saying "sorry" when it isn't needed or necessary. I try to say pardon me or excuse me. Sometimes I catch myself and sometimes it slips out, out of habit. Isn't that weird? Just 2 little odd words. I'm sorry. I really believe that the words have lost their meaning. We say it so often and flippantly. As often as I can, when it is said to me in a store or somewhere I say no sorry necessary. I almost never talk to people in the line at the store. That just isn't my style. A lady said sorry to me about something unnecessary. I said no sorry needed. I then talked to her about my plan for the year. About saying pardon me. or excuse me when it's necessary and leaving apologies for the big stuff and when it's really necessary. She told me that was a great plan, and she would try to do the same. That made me chuckle but pleased. Hopefully we will get the word out, one sorry at a time. I wonder if it's more of a women's thing or if guys do it too.
So, all that to say, how about we all let our sorrys be genuine and when they are really warranted. In the other situations let's say excuse me or pardon me. Everyone deserves to be here on planet earth the same as you and me. Just a thought.
Peace
