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mylifeofpain
Thank you so much for your comment. You got it. Yes, learn to say it while all parties live. God bless you.
posted by
Justi
on February 2, 2010 at 11:07 PM
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that was so moving & so real
Sorry is a word that some long fore, and never here. A hard word for some to say. A word that would mean the world for others to hear. the word Sorry can not be replaced with a gift. A word that would bring tears to ones eyes. peace in their hearts. A small word that is so hard for some to say, even harder not to hear. Some people wait their whole life to hear. Than one day they sit and watch, as the casket closes, Now it is to late. Why do people do that.
posted by
mylifeofpain
on February 2, 2010 at 9:19 PM
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maripose
Thank you so much for your honesty and sincerity. Love and Merry Christmas to you and yours.
posted by
Justi
on December 21, 2009 at 12:33 PM
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I wasn't going to comment, because I have mixed feelings. But, today I needed to apologize. I thought about when people sincerely apologize to me and I accept it and see how it takes humility to make a sincere apology. When someone just says, "I'm sorry", but doesn't really mean it, has not changed their mind about their action, then I do not think this kind of apology is helpful. Thank you for sharing your views.
posted by
mariposa75
on December 20, 2009 at 4:06 PM
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sam444:
Sam that is very strong tolerances. I am a poor speller and writer compared to you. Thank you for clarifying. I am sorry I offended you by giving you credit, according to this comment I had not intended. Truth is my total aim. I get into a lot of trouble for it, but I choose it. Have a great Christmas.
posted by
Justi
on December 18, 2009 at 12:45 PM
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TAPS
I agree it is better when George is pickin' and you and I are grinnin' but then we always are aren't we? The invitation is always open. If all people shut down when anyone disagrees we would be a silent totality. Love, Coffee's ready.
posted by
Justi
on December 18, 2009 at 12:40 PM
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Re: sam444:
If this is not about Taps, then why put her name in the headline, is it to draw attention so that people will read. It sounds a bit deceiving to me. I made no suggestions whatsoever, you are trying to glean things from others words and make them mine! The very last sentence of my comment is mine. The other words are your's and Wiley's! I only spoke regarding the truth behind offering an apology! In my comment, these are my words only:
It only makes a difference when it is truth! sam I offer my apology in truth and I mean it! I don't into excuses of who I am and the like, such as abrupt! Again, my only opinion is to speak in truth when offering an apology otherwise it is a lie for me! If you would have used the link I gave you, you would have seen that it was not me who was casting aside but I am in fact the one being cast aside! I am done with this on all facets! Btw sorry is misspelled in your headline, a little irony in its own right! Be Blessed! sam
posted by
sam444
on December 18, 2009 at 3:24 AM
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I think maybe we stirred up the natives. Even got one of them getting soused.
I took your comment at my place as an invitation to visit your place so I did. I think perhaps I should have just brought you flowers and made my excuses for not being able to stay, and come back another day when the coffee was on and George's music was playing. I hope we can try it again soon.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 17, 2009 at 10:07 PM
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I JUST POPPED IN TO READ.
THINK I'LL GO AND HAVE A DRINK.
posted by
Kabu
on December 17, 2009 at 7:25 PM
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Taps
I do not need to be right about anything, I need to apologize if I am wrong. My only 'excuse' is I am not as smart as you and I understand sorry to mean I am sorry I was a part of yours or anyone's feelings being hurt for what I said. Your comment is ugly and presumptuous, you make them often and tuck them into well written, self aggrandizing words. I do grant you your needed superiority. Only one who opposes apologizing does need to be right, that is not me.
posted by
Justi
on December 17, 2009 at 2:32 PM
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Re: TAPS
What Apology? If you are talking about "Sorry you took it personally" in my last comment, that was not an apology, that was an expression of sympathy or pity which is the first and foremost meaning of the word sorry. Why is it that one cannot express sympathy or pity with sorrow without someone thinking you are apologizing for something? Do you need to be right that badly?
posted by
TAPS.
on December 17, 2009 at 1:43 PM
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TAPS
I could not agree more with you here. Thank you for your apology, I accept. Yes it was about you and your dislike of a certain action that I consider to be very high in the list of tools one uses to live a good life. I took it personally because I felt it was a source of hurt for you; those you quoted were not acceptable in this instance in guiding wholesome living and it is the foundation of Christian living in my book and that is top priority to me. I thank you for posting it because I shall work much harder to evaluate my words more carefully before printing them. I could not imagine an apology to or from me being a negative thing. I will explore that. I only know you from your writing but I love you on two fronts: The person I recognize from your work, the sister you are because you are Christian.
posted by
Justi
on December 17, 2009 at 1:01 PM
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Sinome
I think we do not read slowly enough from all the comments I get on here.This is not about tarring and feathering Taps and certainly I would not cross you, lol.; nor is it about a rumor, nor is it a misunderstanding, it is about two people who at least respect one another having an opinion on an apology. Which is to me perhaps the almost top effort in life. We are disagreeing. There will be no Blogit war here. It was not about Wiley John, he was only mentioned lightly in both these posts. I love you, your opinion and thank you for your lovely words. xoxoxox
posted by
Justi
on December 17, 2009 at 12:53 PM
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TAPS
What I wrote about was the importance of an apology in my opinion. I did not write about your needing to be tarred and feathered. I rather saw the post as fragile and sad more than an angry effort that caused you to be tarred and feathered. I did not write anything about what I saw behind the piece but what was written, all writing is an opinion of sorts. This is some of what I saw behind it. I saw sadness, sorrow and pain. People or a person has apologized to you over and over but continues to do the same thing to you or did. This is not a problem with apology but with the lax behavior or the illness of another. I love your writing and I love you from knowing you only through writing, I just happen to believe apology and turning from the incident is near the top of requirements for living a Christian life to me.
posted by
Justi
on December 17, 2009 at 12:47 PM
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sam444:
This is difficult to respond to for many reasons: This is not about Wile John, or Taps analogy of his apology, but about the negativity of an apology.
I am not a remorseful person either if you are suggesting I may be because I am very abrupt. I do not see apology as a death to a friendship or an opening to it. I also do not see it as anything other than accepting responsibility for having misspoken. My action may not have left a hurt, or it may, but I recognize it as too abrupt which I did not in the beginning. If nobody other than I find themselves speaking out before they have weighed all the possibilities then all are blessed more than I.
I cannot imagine not wanting a friend of one who has apologized to me for whatever they missed or did; certainly not to the length that it would be a cause for me not to want to be a friend of their friends. I am so glad and will eternally be glad Jesus does not look at my needs to apologize in that manner.
Thank you for your opinion.
posted by
Justi
on December 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM
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"I consider Wiley's action both Christian and humble."
So do I, Justi. So do I.
This wasn't about Wiley, nor was it about you. It was about me. Sorry you took it personally.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 17, 2009 at 9:50 AM
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"Whaaaattt? they are going to tarr and feather Taps????? no way Jose... they would have to come through me lo"ll It is amazing how rumors get started... how things grow out of proportion and how misunderstandings begin... I think all of you Justi , Wiley, Kabu, and Taps are good people... and most others here in blogit are also good people... All of you together give me hope that the world is not as bad as the little heads in my TV tell me every day. You all are what keeps me going... the love in your words and even in your fights tells me there is hope for this crazy world :-) Thanks my dear friends ... xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo
posted by
Sinome
on December 17, 2009 at 8:03 AM
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Wow. See why I don't have an opinion category blog. LOL
I'm too strange for most people.
I would be tarred and feathered before I could get out of town.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 17, 2009 at 6:51 AM
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From your blog:
I consider Wiley's action both Christian and humble.
From Taps blog Read more
here: Well darlin' I love you too and I liked your post and your poetry. Fact is in my case,
I'm not remorseful really, there are just times in life when one knows what one said may have been hurtful, so apologize and move on. I surely do not want that person as a friend, nor do I want his friends as a friend. I wouldn't want him as a friend even if he gave me a gift for my amend. LOL
It only makes a difference when it is truth! sam
posted by
sam444
on December 17, 2009 at 2:10 AM
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