The words never could.

*Remember when we were little, and we’d “accidentally” bite a kid on the playground? Our teachers would go, “Say you’re sorry.” and we would say it, but we wouldn’t mean it. Because the stupid kid we bit… totally deserved it. But, as we get older, making amends isn’t so simple. After the playground days are over (and boy aren’t they), you can’t just say it, you have to mean it.

In life, we can’t always undo our mistakes, and sometimes it is even hard to forgive ourselves for them. But as human beings, we can always try to do better, to be better, to right a wrong, even when it seems irreversible. Of course, “I’m sorry” doesn’t always cut it; I have seen too many people use it as a weapon or even as an excuse. However when we are really sorry, when the word is finally used correctly and there is no doubt that you mean it…that is when our actions finally say what those words never could.

Any questions?
© Chaos

*with a little help from Meredith Grey.