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Good morning.

It melts ice.
It breaks down walls.

It opens doors.

It builds bridges

It heals wounds.

All in all, it鈥檚 a pretty useful word, is the little word 鈥淪orry鈥�.

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There used to be an advert for the film 鈥淟ove Story鈥濃��plastered on bill boards the length and breadth of the land declaring the utter nonsense that

鈥淟ove means never having to say you鈥檙e sorry鈥�

What tosh! Love means having to say you鈥檙e sorry countless times! 听When, at last, someone gets off that big high horse鈥� my ego, my pride鈥� and says the magic word that breaks the silence, and makes things right again.

So to all those people I might have hurt just trying to get a cheap laugh at their expense鈥�sorry!听 That feels good! 听Clears the air, makes the peace.

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And how hard was it? Not so hard really.

I tell couples at weddings about a guy who goes into the office on a Monday, and things haven鈥檛 been going too well at home鈥�over the week-end, His pal takes him aside and says,

鈥淐harlie, Charlie, there鈥檚 a little word I鈥檝e found very useful in my relationship, and it鈥檚 that little word 鈥渟orry鈥�.听听 鈥淚 know,鈥� says the guy鈥︹�漛ut, How can I get her to say it!?鈥�

Well, maybe it鈥檚 our turn to say it.听 And watch the doors open; the bridges get built;

the silences be broken: the ice melt: the wounds heal.

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Lord, teach us the power of sorry鈥�show us when we should say it鈥�to you and to the people who need to hear it from us. Then let the healing begin. Amen