‘I’m really sorry’
[This is a repost of something I wrote in February 2008. It kept attracting spam comments, so let’s see if re-locating it throws the spammers off the trail.]
Many psychologists emphasise the healing power of forgiveness. Professor Aaron Lazare, Dean of the University of Massachusetts medical school, however, has written a book called On Apology. As reported at the time in The Independent, 28/12/04, Lazare says that saying sorry has the power ‘to heal humiliations, free the mind from deep-seated guilt, remove the desire for vengeance, and restore broken relationships.…