The nature of apologies
12.29.08 (12:38 am) [edit]
Part of my proposal is done! Yay! Now, I just gotta polish it up and get it sent in. The new year is fast approaching, but I don't really have any resolutions except to not freak out. People are always telling me I'm too tense - my doctor, my family, my friends. I was a nervous kid and now I'm a nervous adult. Ever since my doctor told me I had the beginnings of a ulcer that would surely perforate and kill me if I kept stressing out, I've tried to calm myself down. Old habits die hard, though. I still get worked up too easily over minor things - which is not to say that everything I get worked up over is minor. Being stepped all over. Being taken for granted. Being ignored. Being relegated to an afterthought. These are not minor things and these are all things that upset me, and rightly so, I believe. It's only recently that I've had the strength to shove person(s) who treat me that way out of my life. Can you believe they're trying to make me feel guilty about it?
Final thought: "I guess I'm sorry" doesn't count as an apology, especially when you don't know the nature of the dispute.
Final thought: "I guess I'm sorry" doesn't count as an apology, especially when you don't know the nature of the dispute.
posted by: lurit (reply)
post date: 12.29.08 (10:11 pm)
Congrats on cleaning out the 'clutter,' life is too short to deal with users and fair-weather friends.