Sometimes in the spur of the moment, we say hurtful things and a nanosecond after the words came out of our mouths, we are filled with regret but then the thing with words is that you are unable to take them back.
The damage has already been done.
I do that a lot, especially when I’m provoked. Although at times when I look back, I realized how foolish I was. But I still find it extremely hard to apologize, particularly in situations where I think I wasn’t the one who started the whole drama.
I’m stubborn that way.
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Late this evening I received news that my cousin’s daughter has just been admitted into a hospital. She has already been sick for quite some time but then suddenly fell unconscious.
She is only 18.
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On occasions, we get angry at someone we love due to petty issues. It never occurred to us that if we did not say “I’m sorry & I love you so very much” at that point in time, we may never get the chance to do it ever again; be it tomorrow, the day after or for the rest of our lives.
Is it worth it to put our egos in front of everything else?
“There’s one sad truth in life I’ve found
While journeying east and west –
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know;
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.”
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
I’m sorry,
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