.: Meaning of "Sorry" :.

The importance of saying "I am sorry"

There's an expression we use often when we make mistakes:
"I'm only human".
We are giving the excuse that everyone makes mistakes by saying that.

Therefore, all the failures we committee are okay,
just because...everyone does them.?!
No, definitely NO!
Not a good excuse or even a decent one.

Mistakes are never OK,
but they can be fixed or at least amended. learned from.
Not judging who committees them,
its impossible for a human being to not.
But we have to learn from them
so we can prevent them.

It is "OK" to to commit them as long we take responsibility,
for them and our flaws.
Saying "Sorry" but not meaning it or not intending to improve our actions,
will only cause a lack of trust
and incapability to develop any kind of relationship.
Saying "I am Sorry" and admitting that we did something wrong
is the first step to self-improvement.
Being unable to apologize is a recipe for a fragile and failed relation.
Saying "I am Sorry" gives a relationship the strength for both partners
(in a friendship, love related or even family) to overcome the mistakes.

Never be ashamed of apologizing!
In fact...
Be ashamed if you cant!
That yes is a better excuse than the 1st one I indicated.



© Christelle Ferreira 2011




GUY: the day before yesterday i was fine, yesterday i was
really fine but today i feel great
GIRL: ...
you talk about the most unimportant things as if nothing
had happened. but still, ''forgive me'' is all that you can't say

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Lieing | Mentir

→ 1st parte English, 2º parte Português ←


1st)

We listened many times to this story when we were kids, but i think most of us forgot the moral of it, many people even forget the purpose of morals, and by which our parents tried so hard to teach us. Morals have many definitions, but for me the most important is "the distinction between right and wrong!"

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf, also known as The Shepherd Boy and the Wolf. The protagonist of the fable is a bored shepherd boy who entertained himself by tricking nearby villagers into thinking a wolf is attacking his flock of sheep. When they came to his rescue, they found that the alarms were false and that they had wasted their time. When the boy was actually confronted by a wolf, the villagers did not believe his cries for help and the wolf ate the flock (and in some versions the boy)."

The moral is stated at the end of the fable as:
Even when liars tell the truth, they are never believed. The liar will lie once, twice, and then perish when he tells the truth.



2º)

Ouvimos muitas vezes esta história quando éramos crianças, mas acho que muitos de nós esquecemos o moral dela, muita gente até esquece o objetivo de morais, e pelo qual nossos pais esforçaram muito para nos ensinar. Morais têm muitas definições, mas para mim a mais importante é "a distinção entre o certo e o errado!"

"O Menino Que Gritava Lobo, também conhecido como. O Menino Pastor e o Lobo. O protagonista da fábula é um menino pastor aborrecido que entretinha-se enganando os moradores próximos a pensar um lobo está atacando seu rebanho de ovelhas. Quando eles vieram em seu socorro, eles descobriram que os alarmes eram falsas e que haviam desperdiçado o seu tempo. Quando o rapaz estava realmente diante de um lobo, os moradores não acreditam que seus gritos de socorro e que o lobo comeu o rebanho (e em algumas versões, o menino)."

A moral é indicado no final da fábula como:
Mesmo quando os mentirosos dizerem a verdade, eles nunca são acreditados. O mentiroso vai mentir uma vez, duas vezes, e depois morrer quando ele diz a verdade.


1st)
GUY: "I'm sorry, I really wanted to call you but then somehow.. I forgot..."
GIRL: "yeah.. sure..."
"I am done believing you."

2º)
RAPAZ: "Desculpa-me, eu realmente quis telefonar-te mas depois de alguma forma.. eu esqueci-me .."
RAPARIGA: "Sim... claro ..."
"Cansei-me de acreditar em ti."


© Christelle Ferreira 2011

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