We all live in the modern age, the fast paced modern age, where each day is a new trend. Of the many trends of our time, “Sorry” is the most trending!
On an average a person says sorry at least 8 times a day, and this is the lower limit! Yes, that’s around three thousand times a year.
Without a hint of doubt I can say that you’ve been either at the recieving or the giving end of it for most part of your life.
The word in itself was not made to have negative connotations, actually it’s one of the golden words: sorry, thank you, please… But, is it the same today?
I feel like the word is doing more harm than good. It’s the most harmful and useless word, the use of which should be refrained.
“Sorry” is like a stain remover which rinses us of guilt for whatever it is that we did wrong and absolves us of any feeling of being wrong. It’s like “Sorry” is the fastest bullet train to redemption minus any feeling or guilt.
The sad part of being a human is “To err”. There’s no way you can ensure that you are right always, and that you aren’t hurting anyone, or that whatever you do or say is always correct! However, the good part is that we always have the opportunity to grow, learn, updat, become a better version of ourselves with each mistake.
But, do you know how that happens? There’s no magic or rocket science behind it. It’s actually pretty simple, as simple as breathing! It’s actually “Realization”, that makes it all happen.
The moment we realize we are wrong;the moment we feel the guilt, that moment is the trigger which makes us understand what went wrong. And once you know that, you can pretty much fix it and make sure it’s not repeated! That’s how we grow.
But, today, Mr. Sorry has become the best friend of everyone! We are hooked to him, we have made him the part of our lives, we use him, we never forget him, and we would never ever abandon him. Till death do us apart! In return Mr. Sorry promises to take away all our guilt, shut the door to any realization and devoid us of any learning!
Or, maybe Mr. Sorry is being exploited by us filthy humans. We use him as and when we want, we have ravished him of his meaning, left him with nothing, only a soul less, meaningless word.
We use sorry as an easy-to-use shot to make ourselves immune to any and all guilt. We hide from responsibility behind the shadow of “sorry”.
It’s time that we realize and stop just saying sorry! Sorry won’t set things straight, it won’t undo your wrongdoing, it won’t stop the hurting.
Realization is the real deal, we need to stand up and own our mistakes, accept our faults and understand where we went wrong, so that we don’t just know it, we improve it.
The problem is we are looking for salvation outside, while everything is inside! Our happiness, sadness, conflicts and resolutions, everything is inside us. So is our redemption, we just need to accept! With acceptance comes acknowledgment, and with that we let go of whatever it is that we did wrong, and that’s when we are truly sorry. We realize and we accept.
Maybe we are running away from our own flaws? Maybe the idea of being right is so ingrained that we fail to accept that we might be wrong too? And that we can still grow!
Let’s not stop growing, learning and evolving. We can’t stop making mistakes but we can make them right! It’s time we bring back the meaning to it!