S.O.R.R.Y. There is no other more misused than this prick of a 5 letter word. You and I feel sorry for just about everything and everybody. And we are so generous that we don't even leave ourselves out this sea of pity. It is that one word instant solution to all the wrongs that you and i commit.
You break a friend's cup, I am sorry. You reach late for a meeting, I am sorry. You forget a birthday, I am sorry. You burst out in anger at someone, I am sorry. You break a heart, well guess what, I am sorry.. But does it really help? Does it soothe either of the two individuals, the one who is sorry and the one has lost something or is hurt or the time that has gone? As, I see NO. Time and Opportunity gone is gone. Mistake done is done. Once broken, the heart shall always be broken, cracked.
I have always felt that there is this divide between being apologetic and saying sorry. Most of the people get over their guilt/mistake/wrongdoing by saying Sorry and not really feeling apologetic. If you break my cup you feel apologetic, you go up get me another Coffee Mug. For till the next one comes in I am mugless. (Apologies for this syllogism but none other comes through to me this time :P) Sometimes i feel i am even not sorry but i only put it forward to make the other person feel better. Isn't this as good as lying?
Saying sorry is the easy way out, what follows is the difficult part. The part where i have to mend my soul, pick the pieces of my heart and try a hand at putting it all altogether. The part where your sorry doesn't even come close to being an adhesive and helping fix the cracked thing/person/situation. The sorry business doesn't help then. If you feel sorry and come forward and make up for what is lost, I would welcome you but not a conch shell like empty Sorry, that does nothing but echo and die out after a while..
