I apologize
for everything.
This is
something that I’ve been working on. If you know me, you know I apologize for
everything from burnt toast to traffic. Even if it is something I have no
control over, I apologize because it makes me feel like I have control over it.
The other
night Taylor was trying to teach me how to play chess. Our lesson should have
taken an hour tops but we ended up playing for like, three hours. I kept
apologizing for how long it was taking and eventually I had to admit defeat
when I ran out of moves. After a while, Taylor started to get sick of my
apologies and told me to stop.
When I was a
fencer, I used to tell people sorry when I beat them. I apologize for
everything. But it’s part of who I am and even though I’m trying to reel it
back, I won’t stop. I think that sometimes we forget that we should be sorry
for mistakes we make. I get that mistakes and accidents happen, but that
doesn’t me we shouldn’t claim a little bit of the fault when they do.
Challenge to
my Readers:
Everyone has
a catch phrase they probably use way too often. Mine is “I’m Sorry” but I’ve
heard a lot of others. Try to figure out that thing you fall back on when
you’re out of other stuff to say and try to isolate why you say it.
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