Here is a different scenario. I visit friends and on
entering the room I rather carelessly throw my jacket toward the couch, miss
the couch, and hit the lamp instead—which falls to the floor and shatters. The
appropriate response is, “I am so sorry. Please let me replace the lamp for
you.” This indicates that you acknowledge what happened and are taking
responsibility for the accident and are willing to do whatever you can to make
amends. The subconscious interpretation of these two different phrases is so
strong in most cultures that when an individual, for example, must go to court
as a witness, the attorney will often caution the person NOT to use the phrase
“I am sorry for what happened,” etc. Otherwise this may be interpreted by the
other attorney as the individual not only acknowledging what happened but also
taking responsibility for it. More tomorrow
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