Sorry

Have you ever considered the word sorry? Sorry in it’s pure state is a word we use to convey remorse, I am sorry and feel remorse for my misdeeds, is there anything I can do to atone for my wrong doing? this in my eyes is the true meaning of the word sorry.

But how often do we use sorry in this context? not too often I think. How often do we use sorry as a convenience word? we use the word sorry when we accidentally bump into someone or maybe spill something on someone, and it’s a convenient word to use for the situation, yet there are no real feelings of remorse, it’s just a passing comment. But if for example we hurt a loved one in some way then sorry conveys the true meaning of remorse.

Sorry can be a word used to try and avoid retribution or chastisement, this form of sorry occurs a lot in our childhood years, remember when you had done something wrong at home and you pleaded sorry to try and appease the wrath of your parents, or you got caught scrumping apples and you’d say sorry as a means of avoiding a belt round your ears, this form of sorry rarely worked for me as some form of punishment usually followed, either in the form of a pennance, like chopping firewood or in the form of corpral punishment.

Another form of sorry is the sorry that comes when we get caught doing wrong, we are not sorry for doing wrong, but we are sorry for getting caught doing that wrong. Many a time in my childhood days have I been in these situations, the scrumping of apples, and childhood pranks that we’re not sorry for doing but are sorry for getting caught. As adults we may be guilty of such things as infidelity, we are not sorry for sleeping with that beautiful woman or that handsome man but we are very sorry for getting caught

Sorry the excuse, how often have we used sorry as an excuse?  how often have you said to your girlfriend/boyfrind sorry but I can’t see you tonight because I have to work over, when what you are really saying is sorry I can’t see you tonight as I’m having a night out with the boys or girls, this counts as sorry in a decietful form,

Given time I may think up some other uses for the word sorry, but for now I will leave you with what I have

Sorry the genuine

Sorry the convenient

sorry the escape

Sorry for getting caught

Sorry the excuse