{"id":2499,"date":"2012-08-16T06:11:02","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T13:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2499"},"modified":"2012-08-17T17:09:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-18T00:09:43","slug":"too-good-to-apologize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/too-good-to-apologize\/","title":{"rendered":"Too Good to Apologize?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I know few people who would flatly assert their goodness makes an apology unnecessary. (OK, I don&#8217;t think I know anyone like that.)<\/p>\n<p>But if I changed the focus from words to attitudes, then some folks I know come across as just being too good to apologize. I would even have to acknowledge that my own heart isn&#8217;t above such prideful self-righteousness.<\/p>\n<p>Last night I came up with three short statements on the subject&#8230; <!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data- data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you&#39;re too good to apologize sincerely, you&#39;re not good enough. &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/apology?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#apology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Roth (@anabaptist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anabaptist\/status\/235972306290229251?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>If you&#8217;re too good to apologize sincerely, you&#8217;re not good enough.<\/em> Maybe an alternate version of that strikes you better: &#8220;If&#8230;you&#8217;re too bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data- data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If saying you&#39;re sorry is beneath you, you&#39;re lower than you realize. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/apology?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#apology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Roth (@anabaptist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anabaptist\/status\/236035835621933056?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>If saying you&#8217;re sorry is beneath you, you&#8217;re lower than you realize.<\/em> Corollary: &#8220;If&#8230;you aren&#8217;t high enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data- data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If asking forgiveness isn&#39;t your thing, you don&#39;t have enough things yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/apology?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#apology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Roth (@anabaptist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anabaptist\/status\/236058485052305409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 16, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>If asking forgiveness isn&#8217;t your thing, you don&#8217;t have enough things yet.<\/em> A variation of that: &#8220;If&#8230;you better acquire one.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What good statements on apologizing do you know?<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know few people who would flatly assert their goodness makes an apology unnecessary. 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