by Sandy Yule
If four letter words are traditionally rude, let’s start a rumour that five letter words are gracious. Sorry is easy to say if we are ready to be truthful about how we have hurt other people. Sorry is hard to say when we want to hang onto being always in the right, or when we don’t want to repair the damage that we have caused. When we say sorry, we reach out to people whom we have alienated through our thoughtless or mean actions. What matters here is what we want to protect.