“An apology is a good way to have the last word.” Anon
After a few weeks of being so far behind in reading the blogs I follow, I eventually spent all day yesterday glued to the computer reading, reading, occasionally commenting and often clicking ‘like’. So now I am caught up and today have only 32 items in the inbox. Hoorah!
But now I think I must have offended WordPress in some way. I have tried to respond to various bloggers today and after pressing ‘post comment’ the comment has disappeared into the ether. So for the many bloggers I follow and particularly those who have mentioned my blogs in their posts – Elizabeth at Mirth and Motivation and Caterel at caterel.wordpress.com and therefore deserve a response from me, I offer my heartfelt apologies. Hopefully, whatever the gremlin is it will disappear later today.
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I recently came across this quote from Stephen Levine, poet, author and teacher. It’s in his book A Year To Live
“If you were going to die soon and had only one phone call you could make, who would you call and what would you say? And why are you waiting? ”
Who would I call? My two sisters on a three-way call. Why my sisters and not my family? Because my sisters would not be able to be with me while my children and grandchildren are here in New Zealand and able to come to me.
What would I say? I would tell them how very special they both are to me. What important parts they have played in my life. How I have missed being and sharing with them over the years. And if it was at all possible, I would wish to be all together again. It is now 12 years since we were all together (and that was for Mother’s funeral).
Why am I waiting? I am not.
So think about it. Who would you phone, what would you say and why are you waiting?
A stiff apology is a second insult…. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. G.K. Chesterton, English author, poet and playwright. 1874 – 14 June
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