What the word "sorry"can achieve

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Dictionary defined the word SORRY as ' Regretful for an action, grieved or saddened especially by the loss of something or someone, expressing regret, remorse or sorrow.

I can't forget the horrible event that took the life of a 21-year-old vibrant youth in March 2020 somewhere in Nigeria. A woman and her daughter came to the market to buy foodstuffs but they were restricted from entering because they didn't come with their nose mask. The mum flared up and started lashing out words to the security agent. This action made the security more determined not to allow them to go in. The mum told the daughter to go home and call his son( A 21-year-old vibrant youth, full o life) to come and fight for her.

The boy coming from home came in full spirit to fight whosoever was oppressing his mum. He grabbed the security man down to the floor, fighting with all his strength. In defense, the security took a sharp knife from an orange seller nearby and stabbed him to death...What a pity!
All these might not have resulted if the mother at the initial point rendered an apology in a remorseful spirit, who knows the security might have to allow them in out of mercy...

The phrase "I am sorry" looks simple but is very difficult and powerful. The word heals like magic, it melts the heart, it can stop a fight or conflict and it can mend a friendship. When you say "I am sorry even when you are not at fault, it does not necessarily mean that you at the one at fault but it means that you value your friendship more. The problem is that we can't swallow our pride and admit that we are wrong by saying 'I am sorry, forgetting that when we don't admit that we are sorry at that point it is needed, it can later result in anger, hatred grudge, restlessness, fight and can even lead to death and that is when 'Had I known comes at last.

When we apologize especially when we did nothing wrong, we are taking responsibility for improving and moving fast the situation at hand. It is a natural human mindset to want to assign blame in times of quarreling. It takes emotional maturity to prioritize the health of the relationship over the ego-feeling need to be right. What matters here Is our conscience, Can our conscience be able to carry the grudge? Some will say," Yes I can do without talking to him or her for as long as months", forgetting that when we don't forgive and say sorry even when we are offended, we are also living in bondage as well as the other person.

Let us learn to say sorry even at the slightest provocation, it goes an easier way to heal the heart. When we allow these three phrases, 'I am sorry to be at the tip of our tongue always, keeping malice with one another will be far from us and peace will reign always
Thank you...I love you all