I'M SORRY (Please accept my apologies)

I'M SORRY (Please accept my apologies)
Which of my old rock and roll icons sang these words? They truly express sentiments I knew only too well. They also are words in one way or another, I hear expressed by people who need a revamp of there lives.
Nice thing today is that when I say I'm sorry, I truly mean it, the apology is thought out, and my actions did not take place generally when my thinking was impaired!
Sometimes, we act in a manner with which we are less than comfortable. That's human. That's why we have the words: "I'm sorry." They heal and bridge the gap. But we don't have to say "I'm sorry" if we didn't do anything wrong. A sense of shame can keep us apologizing for everything we do, every word we say, for being alive and being who we are.
We don't have to apologize for taking care of ourselves, dealing with feelings, setting boundaries, having fun, or getting healthy.
We never have to change our course, if it is in our best interest, but sometimes a general apology acknowledges other feelings and can be useful when the issues of a circumstance or relationship are not clear. We might say: "I'm sorry for the fuss we had. I'm sorry if what I needed to do to take care of myself hurt you; it was not intended that way."
Once we make an apology, we don't have to keep repeating it. If someone wants to keep on extricating an apology fro us for the same incident, that is the person's issue, and we don't have to get hooked.
We can learn to take our apologies seriously and not hand them out then they're not valid. When we feel good about ourselves, we know when it's time to say we're sorry and when it's not.
Do you repeatedly do the same types of things that make you constantly say "I'm sorry"? Have you got people in your life that make you feel like you have to apologize for just being alive?
The key is to feel good about who you are. It takes hard work for many, but for this boy, the work allows me to say "I'm sorry" on a dramatically less frequent basis. I'm OK living inside of my own skin! Holistic and co-creative life recovery allowed this to happen. www.hopeserenity.ca.
Please let me know whose song is playing in my head as I write this!