In the world today, it is a known fact that apologies make a lot of
difference, the simple five letter word ‘SORRY’ is an incentive to stop or
reduce fights. It stops wars, lack of it starts wars and yet some people with
an ego as high as Mount Everest refuse to say sorry because they feel that they
have the power to take on the person or the nation and win.
I was sitting down outside under a tree and an Ibo guy insulted my
father, I thought at first that maybe his IQ didn’t get to that level as to
know that insulting my father is wrong, but he decided to stand a false ground
and claim that he had done nothing wrong.
A lady that claimed to be from Ondo state, sat down and argued with over
ten people that were telling her that what she did was wrong, but she wouldn’t
budge because she felt that it would be weak of her to admit that she was at
fault. Is that a good or crazy mentality?
First then I began to wonder the kind of mentality that the average
Nigerian has in his head, when a simple sorry can make everything okay, people
decide to fight and claim right to what is not right.
How long can we continue to watch people behave like this? What most
older people fail to understand is that the little kids of nowadays watch the
behavioral patterns of our elders and emulate as little kids may look up to the
parent as a role model. These children will imbibe the character and pass it on
to the next generation.
Then who are we to blame for the lack of apologetic attitude of the
average Nigerian? Our parents or we that have refused to change our attitude
towards life.
The question that comes to my mind is how a little sorry affects your
life? It doesn’t increase your size neither does it decrease you, it doesn’t
make you smaller but it shows to the world your maturity level; because it
takes a lot of gut for a proud man to say sorry.
Then if you say sorry and the person does not agree than it is left to
him and God, because even when we offend God all we need is a simple genuine
sorry and he forgives us, how much more mere men… Food for thought for
egomaniacs
