"This is my story where Sorry saved the situation"

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Martin Luther King Jr said; "Forgiveness is not an occasional act, it is a constant attitude." This simply means that sorry is a constant attitude and not an occasional act.

My story where sorry saved the situation happened many years ago when I was living with my cousin sister and her family at Calabar. I joined her in calabar after my junior secondary school and there I lived to continue my senior secondary school.

I was this person that the word sorry never crosses from my mouth. I could never say "sorry" to anyone no matter who you were. I see sorry as gold that should not be given out anyhow and so I was hardened whenever it came to sorry.

One faithful day, I was asked to cook by my cousin sis and as I was cooking, I got carried away with gist and the meat got burnt beyond recognition and then when my sis came home, she perceived that something got burnt and she went straight to the kitchen to check.

She opened the pot and saw that it was the meat I was asked to cook that got burnt and this meat was to be used to prepare her husband's dish. When my sis called me she asked what happened and I told her that I forgot that I set something on fire and I was outside.

She asked and what happened?, I said nothing happened, she was actually expecting me to say "I'm sorry" but I couldn't because I didn't say sorry. She got offended and flogged me with her cane and then told me that if her husband returns I should make sure I say sorry to him, I agreed.

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When the husband returned, she had to remind me about saying the sorry, but I couldn't say the sorry because it was too heavy for me, and then when the husband reached out a belt to use on me, I screamed "uncle, I'm sorry," and that was how I was exhilarate. It's better to die than to receive his flogging so when the thought of it came to me, I had to shout for my life.

I didn't know sorry could do wonders. I didn't know with sorry a lot could be averted, then and there, it was done on me that sorry it the chief cornerstone to melt a person's heart no matter how strong the heart is. Imagine me, I don't say sorry but I love sorry when people say them to me, so ironic.

What could you have done to avoid that situation that led to using that word.

Since it was the food I burnt that brought about my saying sorry, I should have been more careful when cooking the meat. I should have stayed very close to the kitchen so that I could keep an eye on the meat.

I went to gist with my friend and forgot that I was cooking something. If I hadn't burnt that meat, there wouldn't be any need for sorry even though I never liked saying it.

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