is it ever too late to say...
Sunday, June 14, 2009 at 5:35PM 
so i've been thinking. is it ever too late to say i'm sorry? is there an imaginary line in the sand that says, "after x date you can't say i'm sorry"? is there ever a time when it really "is" too late to say those words?
after all, there are "I'm sorry" cards, songs, emails, letters, texts, posts and so on but when is it too late? is it too late when years have passed and really, you don't remember what you are apologizing for but you know you should? is it too late when so many wrong words were said that you just don't know the right words to fix it? is it too late if hearts were hurt and egos damaged?
what if it's family? the wrong that just can't be righted (hmmm, is that a word? Yes, i just looked). it seems we are so much harder on the one's we love than the friends in our life. i know of my own family where loyalty has been tossed aside for greed. where self righteous behavior (and frankly stubbornness) has taken over and "to hell with everyone" steps in. i know of a friend who is suffering through family drama and the words "i'm sorry" might make it all go away...might being the operative word.
not sure exactly what prompted this thought, but i am putting it out there...is it ever too late to utter those words and regain what might have been lost?
so dear universe, i ask you to solve this lingering thought in my mind...when is it too late?
Reader Comments (5)
Sorry! What a powerful word. A word that can mean so much, yet is not spoken enough. Pride and principle sets in for some of us and those words are like acid burning our throats. I don't think that there is such a thing as a line in the sand or time that will mend the situation where the word sorry will not make it better. As long as the sorry is sincere or meaningful and is not said in haste will mean the world to the person on the receiving end.
Sorry is a tough word. When it is spoken or written with sincere feelings, it helps heal whatever it was that you did. As they say, saying sorry is an important first step to making things right and isn't that what it's all about.
It is too late when it is "neve" said!
Oh boy is this one of those words that can heal and hurt, it's all in the delivery. I personally think that the word sorry has been so over used in some ways that is has become meaningless. People say I'm sorry for the littlest things when sorry, a lot of the time, is not the proper response. Little instances throughout our everyday lives usually bring 10, 20, 30 "sorry's" from people we encounter in one way or another. Thus the word losses its meaning for me. Quite often, a minor instance out in public, is not a "Sorry" instance. But people have just over used it to the point of it losing its worth. BUT, the flip side is that when used properly, with true meaning and true feeling, it is still one of the most powerful words in the World. I don't feel that a minute, a day or 99 years is too long for someone to say "Sorry". It is NEVER to late to be sorry or to say sorry. But only if it is totally with feeling and truth, is it not too late. I have recently said I'm sorry to someone I have not seen in a long time. It was true and I meant it. Proof that healing has no time limit. Sorry, said to the right person, by the right person, can mend a whole family in a matter of seconds. I think "I love you" are the only other words in and among themselves, that could possibly have the same amount of healing properties. But be careful, as I said early in this post, it is in the delivery. To say "I am sorry I love you" might just get you a new set of false teeth!?
i believe it is never to late to say your sorry. This brought a few tears in my eyes as I would do anything for a few people to say they are sorry to me. I have a family member that just walked away and never saw again and now is gone from this earth. I had some very close friends not too long ago that said things to me that killed me inside and now again, i will never see them again. After all this time and the hateful things said i would welcome an " I'm so sorry ". Sorry is a powerful word that can heal you no matter which end your on....