I’ve long said that we would make our lives so much easier and better if we could learn to say two phrases and mean them: “I was wrong,” and “I’m sorry.” Sometimes both of them together. Today’s challenge is “a song you think everybody should listen to.” I’m not sure there’s any Elton John hit that hasn’t been heard everywhere, but “Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word” makes me think of those two simple yet rare phrases. When I hear it, it takes me back to certain relationships, certain endings, certain missed opportunities. It also reminds me of times one or both of those two phrases either made things right or started a path to healing. Old Woman Tip: If you waited too late–you didn’t. You might not be able to say it to the person you wish you could tell, but say it out loud anyway to put that kindness out there. You’ll feel it for yourself, too. And if someone has the courage to say those words to you, be as gracious as you can be. I’ve always been a believer in Alexander Pope’s, “To err is human; to forgive, divine.”
Imagine
is currently tied with
Land of Confusion
“Imagine” did battle with my choice. It’s one of my favorite songs in the world.
British people often bandy about “Sorry!” like it’s going out of fashion. Yes, we really are Hugh Grant… I’m quite good, I think, at acknowledging that I am in the wrong, but when I say it I mean it. I remember telling my father after perhaps our worst row that I was sorry that I argued with him. I wasn’t sorry for what I had said, as I knew I was right (it was a fact, not an opinion), but I was sorry that I argued. Life’s too short.
Sincerity matters.
Do you ever get a non-apology apology from someone, in which you are made to feel in the wrong for your reaction?
Oh yes. Brits are very good at those too!
Well, from people whose accents I find appealing, I probably would only hear the words and not the undertones. 🤣