Sorry; Still The Hardest Word :: Mmegi Online

Forgiveness is not the easiest thing to grant, hence the truism, “To err is human; to forgive, divine.” But if you think forgiving someone for their transgressions against you is hard, just try saying SORRY. Until a few years back, the word did not even exist in my vocabulary, and now that it does, it’s still hard-earned and it’s said only in extraordinary circumstances. Half of the time I end up taking it back.

Recently the Courier-Journal, a news publication in Muhammad Ali’s hometown of Louisville issued a public apology to the departed boxing legend just a few days after his passing. In 1964 Ali, then named Cassius Clay, converted to Islam faith and in accordance with his new religion, legally assumed the new name Muhammad Ali.

Over the years though, this paper consistently refused to acknowledge his new name, for 50 solid years! Now he died, and suddenly they decide they will stop calling him by what he termed his ‘slave name’.

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