We are being brought up to believe that to apologize regularly for a great number of things in our lives and about our way of being is not only polite behaviour but actually expected of us. And yet even as young children we are already aware of the fact that to apologize does not alter the apparent wrong that has been done/said or happened, nor does it change your inner feeling that something is not quite harmonious.
The crucial question is: WHY are you apologizing? The reason is always guilt.
You believe that you have to apologize if you are responsible for something that you either could not or did not want to alter or do or could be.
The day on which you are able to say „no“ to other people’s wishes and questions without apologizing for it or explaining your refusal nor feeling bad if you do not add either, you are free from your inherent sentiment of guilt.
The crucial question is: WHY are you apologizing? The reason is always guilt.
You believe that you have to apologize if you are responsible for something that you either could not or did not want to alter or do or could be.
The day on which you are able to say „no“ to other people’s wishes and questions without apologizing for it or explaining your refusal nor feeling bad if you do not add either, you are free from your inherent sentiment of guilt.
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