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How to Stop Saying Sorry When Things Aren’t Your Fault

How to Stop Saying Sorry When Things Aren’t Your Fault

Kamna Muddagouni, Catapult, October 2018

Thinking of apologizing in my home language has allowed me to understand the act of apologizing as inherently connected to asking for forgiveness. It reminds me that I do not need to blame myself for others’ pain. I can empathize with it without the need to offer language to take personal responsibility. By thinking of saying sorry in Hindi first, I pause my compulsion to say sorry.

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